#A090E0#A090E0

#A090E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A090E0
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 224)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(252, 36%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 23.26, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 45.05, 301.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0441 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.116 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9217, 32.8013, 74.8399)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A090E0 #D0E090

analogous

#90A8E0 #A090E0 #C890E0

triadic

#A090E0 #E0A090 #90E0A0

tetradic

#A090E0 #E090A8 #D0E090 #90E0C8

square

#A090E0 #E090A8 #D0E090 #90E0C8

split-complementary

#A090E0 #E0C890 #A8E090

monochromatic

#5136C0 #7760D3 #A090E0 #C9C0ED #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A090E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A090E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A090E0

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A090E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A090E0	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929EAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a090e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb0ea',
    500: '#a090e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a090e0;
$custom-light: #beb0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a090e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 56.338,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A090E0

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C422A3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A090E0

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

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