#A049E2#A049E2

#A049E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.224 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A049E2
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 61.81, -63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 88.46, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1342 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.224 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6043, 17.7300, 73.7467)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A049E2 #8BE249

analogous

#5349E2 #A049E2 #E249D7

triadic

#A049E2 #E2A049 #49E2A0

tetradic

#A049E2 #E25349 #8BE249 #49D7E2

square

#A049E2 #E25349 #8BE249 #49D7E2

split-complementary

#A049E2 #D7E249 #49E253

monochromatic

#611898 #8321CD #A049E2 #BC7EEA #D7B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A049E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A049E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A049E2

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A049E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A049E2	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E75DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a049e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.224 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c182ec',
    500: '#a049e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a049e2;
$custom-light: #c182ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a049e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58899,
    "c": 0.22408,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A049E2

secondary

#BFE2A5

accent

#EF3987

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A049E2

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

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