#A490BB#A490BB

#A490BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.066 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490BB
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 187)
HSL	hsl(268, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 23%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 15.87, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 25.23, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0386 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.066 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2511, 31.4270, 51.2657)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490BB #A7BB90

analogous

#9092BB #A490BB #B990BB

triadic

#A490BB #BBA490 #90BBA4

tetradic

#A490BB #BB9092 #A7BB90 #90BBB9

square

#A490BB #BB9092 #A7BB90 #90BBB9

split-complementary

#A490BB #BBB990 #92BB90

monochromatic

#674F81 #856AA4 #A490BB #C3B6D2 #E2DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A490BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A490BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490BB

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490BB	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.066 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0cf',
    500: '#a490bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490bb;
$custom-light: #bfb0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.907,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68599,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490BB

secondary

#D4DBCC

accent

#A34376

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490BB

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

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