#A462D6#A462D6

#A462D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.177 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A462D6
RGB	rgb(164, 98, 214)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 54.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 47.70, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 68.77, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1101 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.177 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8127, 21.4834, 66.0761)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A462D6 #94D662

analogous

#6A62D6 #A462D6 #D662CE

triadic

#A462D6 #D6A462 #62D6A4

tetradic

#A462D6 #D66A62 #94D662 #62CED6

square

#A462D6 #D66A62 #94D662 #62CED6

split-complementary

#A462D6 #CED662 #62D66A

monochromatic

#662796 #8834C7 #A462D6 #C093E3 #DCC3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A462D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#A462D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A462D6

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A462D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A462D6	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a462d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 98, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.177 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c291e3',
    500: '#a462d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a462d6;
$custom-light: #c291e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a462d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.138,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61898,
    "c": 0.17741,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A462D6

secondary

#C7E0B4

accent

#C61F67

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A462D6

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

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