#A798DB#A798DB

#A798DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A798DB
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 19.55, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 37.58, 301.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0397 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.097 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9478, 35.7860, 71.8069)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A798DB #CCDB98

analogous

#98AADB #A798DB #C898DB

triadic

#A798DB #DBA798 #98DBA7

tetradic

#A798DB #DB98AA #CCDB98 #98DBC8

square

#A798DB #DB98AA #CCDB98 #98DBC8

split-complementary

#A798DB #DBC898 #AADB98

monochromatic

#5B40B8 #806BCB #A798DB #CEC5EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A798DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A798DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A798DB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A798DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A798DB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a798db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6e6',
    500: '#a798db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a798db;
$custom-light: #c2b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a798db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.433,
    "s": 48.201,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A798DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2A9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A798DB

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

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