#A049E4#A049E4

#A049E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.226 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A049E4
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 62.26, -64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 89.43, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.134 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.226 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8803, 17.8404, 75.2005)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A049E4 #8DE449

analogous

#5349E4 #A049E4 #E449DB

triadic

#A049E4 #E4A049 #49E4A0

tetradic

#A049E4 #E45349 #8DE449 #49DBE4

square

#A049E4 #E45349 #8DE449 #49DBE4

split-complementary

#A049E4 #DBE449 #49E453

monochromatic

#61179C #831FD1 #A049E4 #BC7EEC #D8B4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A049E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#A049E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A049E4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A049E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A049E4	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1976E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a049e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.226 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c182ed',
    500: '#a049e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a049e4;
$custom-light: #c182ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a049e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.677,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59039,
    "c": 0.2261,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A049E4

secondary

#C1E3A6

accent

#F13789

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A049E4

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

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