#A049E8#A049E8

#A049E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.230 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A049E8
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 68.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 63.15, -66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 91.36, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1335 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.23 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4420, 18.0651, 78.1588)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A049E8 #91E849

analogous

#5049E8 #A049E8 #E849E1

triadic

#A049E8 #E8A049 #49E8A0

tetradic

#A049E8 #E85049 #91E849 #49E1E8

square

#A049E8 #E85049 #91E849 #49E1E8

split-complementary

#A049E8 #E1E849 #49E850

monochromatic

#6214A2 #831BD8 #A049E8 #BC7FEF #D9B6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#A049E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A049E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A049E8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A049E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A049E8	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0876E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a049e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.230 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c182f0',
    500: '#a049e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a049e8;
$custom-light: #c182f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a049e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5932,
    "c": 0.23013,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A049E8

secondary

#C4E5A8

accent

#F4348B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A049E8

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

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