#A488EF#A488EF

#A488EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.149 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A488EF
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 239)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(256, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 43.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 32.69, -48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 58.26, 304.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0624 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.149 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6901, 31.7322, 85.6785)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A488EF #D3EF88

analogous

#889FEF #A488EF #D788EF

triadic

#A488EF #EFA488 #88EFA4

tetradic

#A488EF #EF889F #D3EF88 #88EFD7

square

#A488EF #EF889F #D3EF88 #88EFD7

split-complementary

#A488EF #EFD788 #9FEF88

monochromatic

#521EDF #7B52E8 #A488EF #CDBEF6 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A488EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A488EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A488EF

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A488EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A488EF	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#689AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a488ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.149 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1abf5',
    500: '#a488ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a488ef;
$custom-light: #c1abf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a488ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.311,
    "s": 76.296,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69518,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A488EF

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D80DA1

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A488EF

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

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