#A049CD#A049CD

#A049CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.203 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A049CD
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 64.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 57.23, -53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 78.33, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1359 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.203 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8972, 16.6472, 59.4894)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A049CD #76CD49

analogous

#5E49CD #A049CD #CD49B8

triadic

#A049CD #CDA049 #49CDA0

tetradic

#A049CD #CD5E49 #76CD49 #49B8CD

square

#A049CD #CD5E49 #76CD49 #49B8CD

split-complementary

#A049CD #B8CD49 #49CD5E

monochromatic

#5C227A #802FAA #A049CD #B979DA #D2A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A049CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A049CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A049CD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A049CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A049CD	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D73CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a049cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.203 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c081dd',
    500: '#a049cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a049cd;
$custom-light: #c081dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a049cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57495,
    "c": 0.20293,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A049CD

secondary

#B0D59D

accent

#E0487C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A049CD

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

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