#A498D3#A498D3

#A498D3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.086 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A498D3
RGBrgb(164, 152, 211)
HSLhsl(252, 40%, 71%)
HSVhsv(252, 28%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 28%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.79, 16.75, -28.56)
CIE-LCHlch(65.79, 33.11, 300.39°)
OKLaboklab(71.15% 0.0341 -0.0787)
OKLCHoklch(71.15% 0.086 293.4)
XYZxyz(38.2932, 35.0517, 66.3636)
Luminance0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A498D3 #C7D398
analogous
#98A9D3 #A498D3 #C198D3
triadic
#A498D3 #D3A498 #98D3A4
tetradic
#A498D3 #D398A9 #C7D398 #98D3C1
square
#A498D3 #D398A9 #C7D398 #98D3C1
split-complementary
#A498D3 #D3C198 #A9D398
monochromatic
#5C48A9 #7E6DC1 #A498D3 #CAC3E5 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#A498D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01
#A498D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498D3
8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A498D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A498D31.002.628.018.01
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0121.001.001.00
##0000008.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AA1D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B9FD1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9BA2AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a498d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.086 293.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6e0',
    500: '#a498d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a498d3;
$custom-light: #c0b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a498d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 40.136,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A498D3
secondary
#E8EBDC
accent
#B33299
background
#FBFBFD
surface
#F7F6FB
border
#D0D0D4
text
#121115
muted
#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498D3

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#A498D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva