#A498B2#A498B2

#A498B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.040 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498B2
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(268, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 9.44, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 15.20, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0235 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.04 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5725, 33.5634, 46.7679)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498B2 #A6B298

analogous

#9899B2 #A498B2 #B198B2

triadic

#A498B2 #B2A498 #98B2A4

tetradic

#A498B2 #B29899 #A6B298 #98B2B1

square

#A498B2 #B29899 #A6B298 #98B2B1

split-complementary

#A498B2 #B2B198 #99B298

monochromatic

#675977 #857598 #A498B2 #C3BBCC #E2DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A498B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A498B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498B2

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498B2	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.040 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6c9',
    500: '#a498b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498b2;
$custom-light: #bfb6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69853,
    "c": 0.03974,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498B2

secondary

#D3D7CE

accent

#994D76

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498B2

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

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