#A798E2#A798E2

#A798E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A798E2
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 21.23, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 41.37, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0415 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.107 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8887, 36.1624, 76.7626)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A798E2 #D3E298

analogous

#98AEE2 #A798E2 #CC98E2

triadic

#A798E2 #E2A798 #98E2A7

tetradic

#A798E2 #E298AE #D3E298 #98E2CC

square

#A798E2 #E298AE #D3E298 #98E2CC

split-complementary

#A798E2 #E2CC98 #AEE298

monochromatic

#5538C7 #7E68D5 #A798E2 #D0C8EF #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A798E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A798E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A798E2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A798E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A798E2	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a798e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6eb',
    500: '#a798e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a798e2;
$custom-light: #c2b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a798e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.162,
    "s": 56.061,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A798E2

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C422A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A798E2

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

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