#A4A0B2#A4A0B2

#A4A0B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.026 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A0B2
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 10%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 4.97, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 10.09, 299.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0115 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.026 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9150, 36.2484, 47.2154)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A0B2 #AEB2A0

analogous

#A0A5B2 #A4A0B2 #ADA0B2

triadic

#A4A0B2 #B2A4A0 #A0B2A4

tetradic

#A4A0B2 #B2A0A5 #AEB2A0 #A0B2AD

square

#A4A0B2 #B2A0A5 #AEB2A0 #A0B2AD

split-complementary

#A4A0B2 #B2ADA0 #A5B2A0

monochromatic

#666177 #847E97 #A4A0B2 #C4C2CD #E5E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A4A0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A4A0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A0B2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A0B2	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.026 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbcc9',
    500: '#a4a0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a0b2;
$custom-light: #bfbcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 10.465,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71486,
    "c": 0.0262,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A0B2

secondary

#D9DAD4

accent

#955186

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A0B2

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

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