#A498B8#A498B8

#A498B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.048 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498B8
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 184)
HSL	hsl(263, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 10.70, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 18.41, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0256 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.048 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1882, 33.8097, 50.0102)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498B8 #ACB898

analogous

#989CB8 #A498B8 #B498B8

triadic

#A498B8 #B8A498 #98B8A4

tetradic

#A498B8 #B8989C #ACB898 #98B8B4

square

#A498B8 #B8989C #ACB898 #98B8B4

split-complementary

#A498B8 #B8B498 #9CB898

monochromatic

#66577E #84749F #A498B8 #C4BCD1 #E4E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A498B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A498B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498B8

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498B8	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.048 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6cd',
    500: '#a498b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498b8;
$custom-light: #bfb6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 18.391,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70071,
    "c": 0.04795,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498B8

secondary

#D7DBD1

accent

#9D497D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498B8

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

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