#A487CB#A487CB

#A487CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.103 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A487CB
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 24.56, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 39.64, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0565 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.103 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7511, 29.5323, 60.3579)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A487CB #AECB87

analogous

#878CCB #A487CB #C687CB

triadic

#A487CB #CBA487 #87CBA4

tetradic

#A487CB #CB878C #AECB87 #87CBC6

square

#A487CB #CB878C #AECB87 #87CBC6

split-complementary

#A487CB #CBC687 #8CCB87

monochromatic

#664196 #845CB8 #A487CB #C4B2DE #E5DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A487CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A487CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A487CB

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A487CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A487CB	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7893CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E91A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a487cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.103 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aadb',
    500: '#a487cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a487cb;
$custom-light: #c0aadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a487cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.588,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67561,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A487CB

secondary

#D9E2CC

accent

#B3337C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A487CB

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

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