#A487BD#A487BD

#A487BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.084 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A487BD
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 189)
HSL	hsl(272, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 21.42, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 32.23, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0528 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.084 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1575, 28.8949, 51.9647)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A487BD #A0BD87

analogous

#8987BD #A487BD #BD87BB

triadic

#A487BD #BDA487 #87BDA4

tetradic

#A487BD #BD8987 #A0BD87 #87BBBD

square

#A487BD #BD8987 #A0BD87 #87BBBD

split-complementary

#A487BD #BBBD87 #87BD89

monochromatic

#674882 #8660A7 #A487BD #C2AED3 #E0D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A487BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A487BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A487BD

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A487BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A487BD	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E91BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a487bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.084 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaad1',
    500: '#a487bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a487bd;
$custom-light: #bfaad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a487bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.0844,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A487BD

secondary

#CFD9C6

accent

#A83E6F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A487BD

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

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