#A496BB#A496BB

#A496BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.055 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496BB
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(263, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 12.47, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 21.32, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0296 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.055 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1841, 33.2931, 51.5767)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496BB #ADBB96

analogous

#969ABB #A496BB #B696BB

triadic

#A496BB #BBA496 #96BBA4

tetradic

#A496BB #BB969A #ADBB96 #96BBB6

square

#A496BB #BB969A #ADBB96 #96BBB6

split-complementary

#A496BB #BBB696 #9ABB96

monochromatic

#665482 #8471A3 #A496BB #C4BBD3 #E4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A496BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A496BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496BB

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496BB	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.055 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4cf',
    500: '#a496bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496bb;
$custom-light: #bfb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69783,
    "c": 0.05549,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496BB

secondary

#D8DCD0

accent

#A0467E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496BB

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

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