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Home/Colors/#A496AB

Nearest named color · #A496AB

#A496AB

Nearest named color: Pastel Purple

#A496AB (rgb(164 150 171), hsl(280 11% 63%), oklch(0.692 0.034 314.6)) is closest to the named color Pastel Purple. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#A496AB

oklch(0.692 0.034 314.6)

Color conversions

HEX
#a496ab
RGB
rgb(164 150 171)
HSL
hsl(280 11% 63%)
HWB
hwb(280 59% 33%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.692 0.034 314.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.692 0.024 -0.024)
CIE Lab
lab(63.83 8.31 -9.06)
LCH
lch(63.83 12.29 312.5)
CMYK
cmyk(4% 12% 0% 33%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • ADA0B3
  • B6AABB
  • BFB4C4
  • C8BFCC
  • D1C9D4
  • DAD4DD
  • E3DFE5
  • ECE9EE
  • F6F4F6

Shades

  • 8E8294
  • 796E7E
  • 645B68
  • 504954
  • 3D3740
  • 2B262D
  • 1A161B
  • 0A080B
  • 010101

Tones

  • A094A7
  • 9D92A2
  • 998F9E
  • 958D9A
  • 928B95
  • 8E8991
  • 8B878D
  • 878488
  • 848284

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • A496AB

    Pastel Purple

  • 93A18C

    ≈ Athenian Green

Analogous -30° +30°

  • A496AB

    Pastel Purple

  • 999AB1

    ≈ Bay Fog

  • AC94A1

    ≈ Metamorphosis

Triadic +120° +240°

  • A496AB

    Pastel Purple

  • A99985

    ≈ Grullo

  • 84A3A2

    ≈ Venus Teal

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • A496AB

    Pastel Purple

  • 9F9D85

    ≈ Wainscot Green

  • 89A397

    ≈ Modern Mint

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • A496AB

    Pastel Purple

  • AF968B

    ≈ Rose Mauve

  • 93A18C

    ≈ Athenian Green

  • 86A1AC

    ≈ Blue Alps

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 2.78:1 · APCA Lc 54

Fail
Ag

On black

WCAG 7.52:1 · APCA Lc 48

AAA

Best text color: #000000

WCAG 7.52:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 48

Contrast pairs

  • #A496AB / #FFFFFF
  • #A496AB / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #A496AB
  • #000000 / #A496AB

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --pastel-purple: #a496ab;
  --pastel-purple-rgb: 164 150 171;
  --pastel-purple-oklch: oklch(0.692 0.034 314.6);
}

.element {
  color: var(--pastel-purple);
  background-color: hsl(280 11% 63%);
  border-color: oklch(0.692 0.034 314.6);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-pastel-purple: #a496ab;
  --color-pastel-purple-50: #f9f2fc;
  --color-pastel-purple-100: #ede5f0;
  --color-pastel-purple-200: #dad0de;
  --color-pastel-purple-300: #bfb2c3;
  --color-pastel-purple-400: #a699ad;
  --color-pastel-purple-500: #8f8096;
  --color-pastel-purple-600: #796c7f;
  --color-pastel-purple-700: #615666;
  --color-pastel-purple-800: #463f4b;
  --color-pastel-purple-900: #312b34;
  --color-pastel-purple-950: #1d1920;
}

SCSS

$pastel-purple: #a496ab;
$pastel-purple-rgb: 164, 150, 171;
$pastel-purple-light: mix(#fff, $pastel-purple, 20%);
$pastel-purple-dark: mix(#000, $pastel-purple, 20%);

.element {
  color: $pastel-purple;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($pastel-purple, 0.35);
}

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