#A487D6#A487D6

#A487D6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A487D6
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 214)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 36.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 27.13, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 45.51, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0591 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.117 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1087, 30.0754, 67.5081)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A487D6 #B9D687

analogous

#8791D6 #A487D6 #CB87D6

triadic

#A487D6 #D6A487 #87D6A4

tetradic

#A487D6 #D68791 #B9D687 #87D6CB

square

#A487D6 #D68791 #B9D687 #87D6CB

split-complementary

#A487D6 #D6CB87 #91D687

monochromatic

#633AA9 #8159C6 #A487D6 #C7B5E6 #E9E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A487D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A487D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A487D6

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A487D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A487D6	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7495D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a487d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aae3',
    500: '#a487d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a487d6;
$custom-light: #c0aae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a487d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.025,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68074,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A487D6

secondary

#E0E8D1

accent

#BC2986

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A487D6

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

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