#A498B0#A498B0

#A498B0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.037 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498B0
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 176)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 9.03, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 14.14, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0228 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.037 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3732, 33.4837, 45.7180)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498B0 #A4B098

analogous

#9898B0 #A498B0 #B098B0

triadic

#A498B0 #B0A498 #98B0A4

tetradic

#A498B0 #B09898 #A4B098 #98B0B0

square

#A498B0 #B09898 #A4B098 #98B0B0

split-complementary

#A498B0 #B0B098 #98B098

monochromatic

#675974 #857595 #A498B0 #C3BBCB #E1DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A498B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A498B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498B0

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498B0	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.037 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6c7',
    500: '#a498b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498b0;
$custom-light: #bfb6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.187,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498B0

secondary

#D2D6CE

accent

#974E73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498B0

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

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