#A498B4#A498B4

#A498B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.042 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498B4
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 9.86, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 16.26, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0242 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.042 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7748, 33.6443, 47.8332)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498B4 #A8B498

analogous

#989AB4 #A498B4 #B298B4

triadic

#A498B4 #B4A498 #98B4A4

tetradic

#A498B4 #B4989A #A8B498 #98B4B2

square

#A498B4 #B4989A #A8B498 #98B4B2

split-complementary

#A498B4 #B4B298 #9AB498

monochromatic

#665879 #85759A #A498B4 #C3BBCE #E3DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A498B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A498B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498B4

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498B4	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.042 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6ca',
    500: '#a498b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498b4;
$custom-light: #bfb6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69925,
    "c": 0.04246,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498B4

secondary

#D5D9CF

accent

#9A4C78

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498B4

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

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