#A488CA#A488CA

#A488CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.100 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488CA
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 202)
HSL	hsl(265, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 23.76, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 38.45, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0548 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.1 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7725, 29.7652, 59.7790)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488CA #AECA88

analogous

#888DCA #A488CA #C588CA

triadic

#A488CA #CAA488 #88CAA4

tetradic

#A488CA #CA888D #AECA88 #88CAC5

square

#A488CA #CA888D #AECA88 #88CAC5

split-complementary

#A488CA #CAC588 #8DCA88

monochromatic

#664295 #845EB7 #A488CA #C4B2DD #E5DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A488CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A488CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488CA

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488CA	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A94CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E92A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.100 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0abda',
    500: '#a488ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488ca;
$custom-light: #c0abda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 38.372,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488CA

secondary

#D9E2CC

accent

#B1347C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488CA

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

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