#A487EB#A487EB

#A487EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.145 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A487EB
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 235)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(257, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 42.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 32.25, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 56.75, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0631 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.145 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9655, 31.2181, 82.5539)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A487EB #CEEB87

analogous

#879CEB #A487EB #D687EB

triadic

#A487EB #EBA487 #87EBA4

tetradic

#A487EB #EB879C #CEEB87 #87EBD6

square

#A487EB #EB879C #CEEB87 #87EBD6

split-complementary

#A487EB #EBD687 #9CEB87

monochromatic

#5723D4 #7C53E2 #A487EB #CCBBF4 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A487EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A487EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A487EB

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A487EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A487EB	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6998EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E96E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9599AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a487eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.145 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aaf2',
    500: '#a487eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a487eb;
$custom-light: #c1aaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a487eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6913,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A487EB

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D3129B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A487EB

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

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