#A488CB#A488CB

#A488CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488CB
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 33%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 23.99, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 38.99, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0551 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.101 303)
XYZ	xyz(34.8913, 29.8127, 60.4046)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488CB #AFCB88

analogous

#888ECB #A488CB #C688CB

triadic

#A488CB #CBA488 #88CBA4

tetradic

#A488CB #CB888E #AFCB88 #88CBC6

square

#A488CB #CB888E #AFCB88 #88CBC6

split-complementary

#A488CB #CBC688 #8ECB88

monochromatic

#654297 #835DB8 #A488CB #C5B3DE #E5DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A488CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A488CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A488CB

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488CB	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A94CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E92A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0abdb',
    500: '#a488cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488cb;
$custom-light: #c0abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 39.181,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67747,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.29813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488CB

secondary

#D9E2CD

accent

#B2337D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488CB

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

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