#A498DB#A498DB

#A498DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.097 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498DB
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 18.65, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 37.47, 299.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0363 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.097 292)
XYZ	xyz(39.3212, 35.4629, 71.7775)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498DB #CFDB98

analogous

#98AEDB #A498DB #C598DB

triadic

#A498DB #DBA498 #98DBA4

tetradic

#A498DB #DB98AE #CFDB98 #98DBC5

square

#A498DB #DB98AE #CFDB98 #98DBC5

split-complementary

#A498DB #DBC598 #AEDB98

monochromatic

#5640B8 #7C6BCB #A498DB #CCC5EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A498DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A498DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498DB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498DB	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.097 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b6e6',
    500: '#a498db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498db;
$custom-light: #c0b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.746,
    "s": 48.201,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.35463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498DB

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2AA1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498DB

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

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