#A049E3#A049E3

#A049E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.225 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A049E3
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 62.03, -63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 88.94, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1341 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.225 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7419, 17.7850, 74.4715)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A049E3 #8CE349

analogous

#5349E3 #A049E3 #E349D9

triadic

#A049E3 #E3A049 #49E3A0

tetradic

#A049E3 #E35349 #8CE349 #49D9E3

square

#A049E3 #E35349 #8CE349 #49D9E3

split-complementary

#A049E3 #D9E349 #49E353

monochromatic

#61189A #8320CF #A049E3 #BC7EEB #D7B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A049E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A049E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A049E3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A049E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A049E3	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a049e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.225 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c182ed',
    500: '#a049e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a049e3;
$custom-light: #c182ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a049e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.896,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58969,
    "c": 0.22509,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A049E3

secondary

#C0E2A6

accent

#F03888

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A049E3

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

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