#A498AA#A498AA

#A498AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.029 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498AA
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 7.82, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 11.03, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0205 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.029 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7926, 33.2515, 42.6604)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498AA #9EAA98

analogous

#9B98AA #A498AA #AA98A7

triadic

#A498AA #AAA498 #98AAA4

tetradic

#A498AA #AA9B98 #9EAA98 #98A7AA

square

#A498AA #AA9B98 #9EAA98 #98A7AA

split-complementary

#A498AA #A7AA98 #98AA9B

monochromatic

#675A6D #86768E #A498AA #C2BAC6 #DFDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A498AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A498AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498AA

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498AA	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.029 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6c3',
    500: '#a498aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498aa;
$custom-light: #bfb6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.02924,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498AA

secondary

#CED2CC

accent

#945268

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498AA

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

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