#A496B2#A496B2

#A496B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.043 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496B2
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 10.57, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 16.51, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0265 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.043 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2507, 32.9197, 46.6606)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496B2 #A4B296

analogous

#9696B2 #A496B2 #B296B2

triadic

#A496B2 #B2A496 #96B2A4

tetradic

#A496B2 #B29696 #A4B296 #96B2B2

square

#A496B2 #B29696 #A4B296 #96B2B2

split-complementary

#A496B2 #B2B296 #96B296

monochromatic

#675777 #857398 #A496B2 #C3B9CC #E1DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A496B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A496B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496B2

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496B2	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.043 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4c9',
    500: '#a496b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496b2;
$custom-light: #bfb4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6945,
    "c": 0.04327,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496B2

secondary

#D2D7CD

accent

#9A4C73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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