#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
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 211)
HSL	hsl(252, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(252, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 28%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 16.75, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 33.11, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0341 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.086 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2932, 35.0517, 66.3636)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##A498D3	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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