#A488EB#A488EB

#A488EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.144 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488EB
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 235)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(257, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 42.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 31.68, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 56.12, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0617 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.144 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1057, 31.4984, 82.6007)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488EB #CFEB88

analogous

#889DEB #A488EB #D688EB

triadic

#A488EB #EBA488 #88EBA4

tetradic

#A488EB #EB889D #CFEB88 #88EBD6

square

#A488EB #EB889D #CFEB88 #88EBD6

split-complementary

#A488EB #EBD688 #9DEB88

monochromatic

#5624D5 #7C54E2 #A488EB #CCBCF4 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A488EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A488EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488EB

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488EB	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A99EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F97E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959AAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.144 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1abf2',
    500: '#a488eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488eb;
$custom-light: #c1abf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.97,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69307,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488EB

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D3129D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488EB

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

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