#A498D2#A498D2

#A498D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.084 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498D2
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(252, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 16.51, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 32.56, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0338 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.084 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1683, 35.0017, 65.7054)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498D2 #C6D298

analogous

#98A9D2 #A498D2 #C198D2

triadic

#A498D2 #D2A498 #98D2A4

tetradic

#A498D2 #D298A9 #C6D298 #98D2C1

square

#A498D2 #D298A9 #C6D298 #98D2C1

split-complementary

#A498D2 #D2C198 #A9D298

monochromatic

#5C49A7 #7E6DBF #A498D2 #CAC3E5 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A498D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A498D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498D2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498D2	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.084 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6e0',
    500: '#a498d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498d2;
$custom-light: #c0b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 39.189,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498D2

secondary

#E7EBDB

accent

#B23398

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498D2

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

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