#A498CA#A498CA

#A498CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.073 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498CA
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 14.67, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 28.19, 301.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0315 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.073 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1964, 34.6130, 60.5870)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498CA #BECA98

analogous

#98A5CA #A498CA #BD98CA

triadic

#A498CA #CAA498 #98CAA4

tetradic

#A498CA #CA98A5 #BECA98 #98CABD

square

#A498CA #CA98A5 #BECA98 #98CABD

split-complementary

#A498CA #CABD98 #A5CA98

monochromatic

#614F99 #8070B5 #A498CA #C8C0DF #EBE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A498CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A498CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498CA

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498CA	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.073 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6da',
    500: '#a498ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498ca;
$custom-light: #bfb6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 32.051,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70773,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498CA

secondary

#E3E6D8

accent

#AB3B90

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498CA

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

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