#A488EE#A488EE

#A488EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.148 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488EE
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(256, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 32.43, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 57.73, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0622 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.148 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5428, 31.6733, 84.9026)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488EE #D2EE88

analogous

#889FEE #A488EE #D788EE

triadic

#A488EE #EEA488 #88EEA4

tetradic

#A488EE #EE889F #D2EE88 #88EED7

square

#A488EE #EE889F #D2EE88 #88EED7

split-complementary

#A488EE #EED788 #9FEE88

monochromatic

#531FDC #7B52E6 #A488EE #CDBEF6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A488EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A488EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488EE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488EE	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#699AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D97EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.148 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1abf4',
    500: '#a488ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488ee;
$custom-light: #c1abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69465,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488EE

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D70EA0

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488EE

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

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