#A498EB#A498EB

#A498EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498EB
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 235)
HSL	hsl(249, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 22.58, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 46.17, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0402 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.119 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5296, 36.3463, 83.4086)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498EB #DFEB98

analogous

#98B5EB #A498EB #CD98EB

triadic

#A498EB #EBA498 #98EBA4

tetradic

#A498EB #EB98B5 #DFEB98 #98EBCD

square

#A498EB #EB98B5 #DFEB98 #98EBCD

split-complementary

#A498EB #EBCD98 #B5EB98

monochromatic

#4932D7 #7765E1 #A498EB #D1CBF5 #E8E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A498EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A498EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498EB

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498EB	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b6f1',
    500: '#a498eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498eb;
$custom-light: #c1b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.675,
    "s": 67.48,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498EB

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#CF16B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498EB

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

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