#A894B4#A894B4

#A894B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.051 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A894B4
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 18%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 13.48, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 19.38, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0348 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.051 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9752, 32.8002, 47.6597)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A894B4 #A0B494

analogous

#9894B4 #A894B4 #B494B0

triadic

#A894B4 #B4A894 #94B4A8

tetradic

#A894B4 #B49894 #A0B494 #94B0B4

square

#A894B4 #B49894 #A0B494 #94B0B4

split-complementary

#A894B4 #B0B494 #94B498

monochromatic

#6B5579 #8B709B #A894B4 #C5B8CD #E3DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A894B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A894B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A894B4

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A894B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A894B4	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a894b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.051 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b3ca',
    500: '#a894b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a894b4;
$custom-light: #c2b3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a894b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 17.582,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6948,
    "c": 0.0512,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A894B4

secondary

#D1D7CC

accent

#9C4A68

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A894B4

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

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