#A498EA#A498EA

#A498EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498EA
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 234)
HSL	hsl(249, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 35%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 22.33, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 45.63, 299.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.04 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.118 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3856, 36.2886, 82.6499)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498EA #DEEA98

analogous

#98B5EA #A498EA #CD98EA

triadic

#A498EA #EAA498 #98EAA4

tetradic

#A498EA #EA98B5 #DEEA98 #98EACD

square

#A498EA #EA98B5 #DEEA98 #98EACD

split-complementary

#A498EA #EACD98 #B5EA98

monochromatic

#4A32D5 #7765E0 #A498EA #D1CBF4 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A498EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A498EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498EA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498EA	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b6f1',
    500: '#a498ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498ea;
$custom-light: #c1b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.78,
    "s": 66.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498EA

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CE18B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498EA

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

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