#A488DB#A488DB

#A488DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488DB
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 219)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 27.76, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 47.55, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0587 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.122 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8973, 30.6151, 70.9695)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488DB #BFDB88

analogous

#8896DB #A488DB #CE88DB

triadic

#A488DB #DBA488 #88DBA4

tetradic

#A488DB #DB8896 #BFDB88 #88DBCE

square

#A488DB #DB8896 #BFDB88 #88DBCE

split-complementary

#A488DB #DBCE88 #96DB88

monochromatic

#6036B3 #8059CD #A488DB #C8B7E9 #ECE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A488DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#A488DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488DB

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488DB	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7396DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9996A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0abe6',
    500: '#a488db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488db;
$custom-light: #c0abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.241,
    "s": 53.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488DB

secondary

#E3EBD4

accent

#C1248C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488DB

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

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