#A498A8#A498A8

#A498A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.027 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498A8
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 168)
HSL	hsl(285, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 7.42, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 10.03, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0198 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.027 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6049, 33.1764, 41.6715)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498A8 #9CA898

analogous

#9C98A8 #A498A8 #A898A4

triadic

#A498A8 #A8A498 #98A8A4

tetradic

#A498A8 #A89C98 #9CA898 #98A4A8

square

#A498A8 #A89C98 #9CA898 #98A4A8

split-complementary

#A498A8 #A4A898 #98A89C

monochromatic

#675A6B #87778C #A498A8 #C1B9C4 #DFDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A498A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A498A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498A8

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498A8	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.027 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6c1',
    500: '#a498a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498a8;
$custom-light: #bfb6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.02675,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498A8

secondary

#CCD1CB

accent

#925363

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498A8

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

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