#A798E5#A798E5

#A798E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A798E5
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 229)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 21.95, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 43.00, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0422 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.111 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3040, 36.3285, 78.9495)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A798E5 #D6E598

analogous

#98B0E5 #A798E5 #CD98E5

triadic

#A798E5 #E5A798 #98E5A7

tetradic

#A798E5 #E598B0 #D6E598 #98E5CD

square

#A798E5 #E598B0 #D6E598 #98E5CD

split-complementary

#A798E5 #E5CD98 #B0E598

monochromatic

#5436CC #7D67D9 #A798E5 #D1C9F1 #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A798E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A798E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A798E5

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A798E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A798E5	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)

#83A4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a798e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6ed',
    500: '#a798e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a798e5;
$custom-light: #c2b6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a798e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.688,
    "s": 59.69,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72206,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A798E5

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C71EA6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A798E5

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

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