#A498BC#A498BC

#A498BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.053 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498BC
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 11.56, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 20.57, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.027 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.053 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6134, 33.9798, 52.2497)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498BC #B0BC98

analogous

#989EBC #A498BC #B698BC

triadic

#A498BC #BCA498 #98BCA4

tetradic

#A498BC #BC989E #B0BC98 #98BCB6

square

#A498BC #BC989E #B0BC98 #98BCB6

split-complementary

#A498BC #BCB698 #9EBC98

monochromatic

#655684 #8373A4 #A498BC #C5BDD4 #E6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A498BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A498BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498BC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498BC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.053 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6d0',
    500: '#a498bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498bc;
$custom-light: #bfb6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.05349,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498BC

secondary

#DADED2

accent

#A04682

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498BC

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

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