#A498CF#A498CF

#A498CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.080 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498CF
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 207)
HSL	hsl(253, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 15.82, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 30.92, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.033 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.08 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7980, 34.8536, 63.7555)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498CF #C3CF98

analogous

#98A7CF #A498CF #BF98CF

triadic

#A498CF #CFA498 #98CFA4

tetradic

#A498CF #CF98A7 #C3CF98 #98CFBF

square

#A498CF #CF98A7 #C3CF98 #98CFBF

split-complementary

#A498CF #CFBF98 #A7CF98

monochromatic

#5E4BA1 #7F6EBC #A498CF #C9C2E2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A498CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A498CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498CF

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498CF	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.080 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6dd',
    500: '#a498cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498cf;
$custom-light: #bfb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 36.424,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7098,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498CF

secondary

#E6E9DA

accent

#AF3695

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498CF

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

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