#A474E5#A474E5

#A474E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.167 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A474E5
RGB	rgb(164, 116, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 41.45, -50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 65.46, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0875 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.167 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6949, 26.0404, 77.2593)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A474E5 #B5E574

analogous

#747CE5 #A474E5 #DD74E5

triadic

#A474E5 #E5A474 #74E5A4

tetradic

#A474E5 #E5747C #B5E574 #74E5DD

square

#A474E5 #E5747C #B5E574 #74E5DD

split-complementary

#A474E5 #E5DD74 #7CE574

monochromatic

#6423BC #8240DB #A474E5 #C6A8EF #E8DBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A474E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A474E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A474E5

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A474E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A474E5	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9889A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a474e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 116, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.167 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29dee',
    500: '#a474e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a474e5;
$custom-light: #c29dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a474e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65568,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A474E5

secondary

#DDECC9

accent

#D01581

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A474E5

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

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