#A498AE#A498AE

#A498AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498AE
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(273, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 8.62, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 13.09, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.022 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1768, 33.4051, 44.6835)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498AE #A2AE98

analogous

#9998AE #A498AE #AE98AD

triadic

#A498AE #AEA498 #98AEA4

tetradic

#A498AE #AE9998 #A2AE98 #98ADAE

square

#A498AE #AE9998 #A2AE98 #98ADAE

split-complementary

#A498AE #ADAE98 #98AE99

monochromatic

#675A72 #867693 #A498AE #C2BAC9 #E1DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A498AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A498AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498AE

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498AE	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6c6',
    500: '#a498ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498ae;
$custom-light: #bfb6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.03441,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498AE

secondary

#D1D5CD

accent

#964F70

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498AE

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

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