#A488D2#A488D2

#A488D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488D2
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 210)
HSL	hsl(263, 45%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 35.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, 25.62, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 42.73, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0568 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.11 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7443, 30.1539, 64.8974)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488D2 #B6D288

analogous

#8891D2 #A488D2 #C988D2

triadic

#A488D2 #D2A488 #88D2A4

tetradic

#A488D2 #D28891 #B6D288 #88D2C9

square

#A488D2 #D28891 #B6D288 #88D2C9

split-complementary

#A488D2 #D2C988 #91D288

monochromatic

#643DA2 #825CC1 #A488D2 #C6B4E3 #E8E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A488D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A488D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488D2

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488D2	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7795D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0abe0',
    500: '#a488d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488d2;
$custom-light: #c0abe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 45.122,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488D2

secondary

#DEE6CF

accent

#B82D84

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488D2

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

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