#A490BD#A490BD

#A490BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.069 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490BD
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 189)
HSL	hsl(267, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 16.30, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 26.29, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0392 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.069 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4667, 31.5133, 52.4011)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490BD #A9BD90

analogous

#9092BD #A490BD #BB90BD

triadic

#A490BD #BDA490 #90BDA4

tetradic

#A490BD #BD9092 #A9BD90 #90BDBB

square

#A490BD #BD9092 #A9BD90 #90BDBB

split-complementary

#A490BD #BDBB90 #92BD90

monochromatic

#664F84 #856AA6 #A490BD #C3B6D4 #E3DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A490BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A490BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490BD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490BD	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)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A096A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.069 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0d1',
    500: '#a490bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490bd;
$custom-light: #bfb0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68679,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490BD

secondary

#D5DCCD

accent

#A44278

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490BD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →