#A498CD#A498CD

#A498CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.077 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498CD
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 15.35, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 29.83, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0323 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.077 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5551, 34.7564, 62.4759)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498CD #C1CD98

analogous

#98A6CD #A498CD #BF98CD

triadic

#A498CD #CDA498 #98CDA4

tetradic

#A498CD #CD98A6 #C1CD98 #98CDBF

square

#A498CD #CD98A6 #C1CD98 #98CDBF

split-complementary

#A498CD #CDBF98 #A6CD98

monochromatic

#5F4D9E #806FB9 #A498CD #C8C1E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A498CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A498CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498CD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498CD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.077 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6dc',
    500: '#a498cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498cd;
$custom-light: #bfb6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.07732,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498CD

secondary

#E4E8D9

accent

#AD3893

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498CD

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

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