#A498AC#A498AC

#A498AC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.032 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498AC
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 172)
HSL	hsl(276, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 8.22, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 12.06, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0213 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.032 312)
XYZ	xyz(33.9832, 33.3277, 43.6643)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498AC #A0AC98

analogous

#9A98AC #A498AC #AC98AA

triadic

#A498AC #ACA498 #98ACA4

tetradic

#A498AC #AC9A98 #A0AC98 #98AAAC

square

#A498AC #AC9A98 #A0AC98 #98AAAC

split-complementary

#A498AC #AAAC98 #98AC9A

monochromatic

#675A70 #867691 #A498AC #C2BAC7 #E0DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A498AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A498AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498AC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498AC	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.032 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6c4',
    500: '#a498ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498ac;
$custom-light: #bfb6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 10.753,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.0318,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.33328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498AC

secondary

#CFD3CC

accent

#95516C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498AC

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

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