#A488E2#A488E2

#A488E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.132 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488E2
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 226)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 39.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 29.46, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 51.31, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0601 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.132 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8382, 30.9914, 75.9252)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488E2 #C6E288

analogous

#8899E2 #A488E2 #D188E2

triadic

#A488E2 #E2A488 #88E2A4

tetradic

#A488E2 #E28899 #C6E288 #88E2D1

square

#A488E2 #E28899 #C6E288 #88E2D1

split-complementary

#A488E2 #E2D188 #99E288

monochromatic

#5C2FC1 #7E57D6 #A488E2 #CAB9EE #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A488E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A488E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488E2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488E2	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F97E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9798AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.132 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1abeb',
    500: '#a488e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488e2;
$custom-light: #c1abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 60.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68845,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488E2

secondary

#E7EFD7

accent

#C91D93

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488E2

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

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