#A474BD#A474BD

#A474BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.118 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A474BD
RGB	rgb(164, 116, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 38.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 32.23, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 44.79, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0813 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.118 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7390, 24.0580, 51.1586)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A474BD #8DBD74

analogous

#8074BD #A474BD #BD74B2

triadic

#A474BD #BDA474 #74BDA4

tetradic

#A474BD #BD8074 #8DBD74 #74B2BD

square

#A474BD #BD8074 #8DBD74 #74B2BD

split-complementary

#A474BD #B2BD74 #74BD80

monochromatic

#663B7C #884EA5 #A474BD #BF9DD1 #DAC7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A474BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A474BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A474BD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A474BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A474BD	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a474bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 116, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.118 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09dd1',
    500: '#a474bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a474bd;
$custom-light: #c09dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a474bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A474BD

secondary

#C2D5B8

accent

#CC5C82

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A474BD

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

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