#A487DD#A487DD

#A487DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.127 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A487DD
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 28.81, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 49.26, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0605 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.127 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0220, 30.4407, 72.3178)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A487DD #C0DD87

analogous

#8795DD #A487DD #CF87DD

triadic

#A487DD #DDA487 #87DDA4

tetradic

#A487DD #DD8795 #C0DD87 #87DDCF

square

#A487DD #DD8795 #C0DD87 #87DDCF

split-complementary

#A487DD #DDCF87 #95DD87

monochromatic

#6034B6 #8057CF #A487DD #C8B7EB #ECE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A487DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A487DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A487DD

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A487DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A487DD	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7096E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9996A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a487dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.127 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aae8',
    500: '#a487dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a487dd;
$custom-light: #c0aae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a487dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.233,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68415,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A487DD

secondary

#E4ECD4

accent

#C3228D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A487DD

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

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