#A488DD#A488DD

#A488DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.125 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488DD
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 28.24, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 48.63, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0592 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.125 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1621, 30.7210, 72.3645)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488DD #C1DD88

analogous

#8896DD #A488DD #CF88DD

triadic

#A488DD #DDA488 #88DDA4

tetradic

#A488DD #DD8896 #C1DD88 #88DDCF

square

#A488DD #DD8896 #C1DD88 #88DDCF

split-complementary

#A488DD #DDCF88 #96DD88

monochromatic

#5F34B6 #8058CF #A488DD #C8B8EB #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A488DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A488DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488DD

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488DD	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7297E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9996A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.125 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0abe8',
    500: '#a488dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488dd;
$custom-light: #c0abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.765,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488DD

secondary

#E4ECD4

accent

#C3228E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488DD

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

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