#A498EF#A498EF

#A498EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498EF
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 239)
HSL	hsl(248, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(248, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 36.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 23.59, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 48.34, 299.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0411 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.125 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1140, 36.5800, 86.4864)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498EF #E3EF98

analogous

#98B8EF #A498EF #D098EF

triadic

#A498EF #EFA498 #98EFA4

tetradic

#A498EF #EF98B8 #E3EF98 #98EFD0

square

#A498EF #EF98B8 #E3EF98 #98EFD0

split-complementary

#A498EF #EFD098 #B8EF98

monochromatic

#462EDF #7563E7 #A498EF #D3CDF7 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A498EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A498EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498EF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498EF	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b6f4',
    500: '#a498ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498ef;
$custom-light: #c1b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.276,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498EF

secondary

#EFF3D8

accent

#D510BA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498EF

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

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