#A498BB#A498BB

#A498BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.052 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498BB
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(261, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 11.34, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 20.03, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0266 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.052 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5060, 33.9368, 51.6840)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498BB #AFBB98

analogous

#989EBB #A498BB #B698BB

triadic

#A498BB #BBA498 #98BBA4

tetradic

#A498BB #BB989E #AFBB98 #98BBB6

square

#A498BB #BB989E #AFBB98 #98BBB6

split-complementary

#A498BB #BBB698 #9EBB98

monochromatic

#655682 #8373A3 #A498BB #C5BDD3 #E5E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A498BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A498BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498BB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498BB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.052 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6cf',
    500: '#a498bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498bb;
$custom-light: #bfb6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70183,
    "c": 0.0521,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498BB

secondary

#D9DDD2

accent

#9F4781

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498BB

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

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