#A798E8#A798E8

#A798E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A798E8
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 232)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 34.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 22.69, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 44.62, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0429 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.115 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7265, 36.4975, 81.1746)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A798E8 #D9E898

analogous

#98B1E8 #A798E8 #CF98E8

triadic

#A798E8 #E8A798 #98E8A7

tetradic

#A798E8 #E898B1 #D9E898 #98E8CF

square

#A798E8 #E898B1 #D9E898 #98E8CF

split-complementary

#A798E8 #E8CF98 #B1E898

monochromatic

#5234D2 #7C66DD #A798E8 #D2CAF3 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A798E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A798E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A798E8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A798E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A798E8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a798e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b6ef',
    500: '#a798e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a798e8;
$custom-light: #c3b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a798e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72346,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A798E8

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CB1AAA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A798E8

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

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