#A490C8#A490C8

#A490C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.084 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490C8
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 200)
HSL	hsl(261, 34%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 28%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 18.75, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 32.20, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0425 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.084 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7062, 32.0091, 58.9296)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490C8 #B4C890

analogous

#9098C8 #A490C8 #C090C8

triadic

#A490C8 #C8A490 #90C8A4

tetradic

#A490C8 #C89098 #B4C890 #90C8C0

square

#A490C8 #C89098 #B4C890 #90C8C0

split-complementary

#A490C8 #C8C090 #98C890

monochromatic

#644994 #8267B4 #A490C8 #C6B9DC #E7E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A490C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A490C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490C8

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490C8	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E98A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.084 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0d9',
    500: '#a490c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490c8;
$custom-light: #bfb0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 33.735,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69132,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490C8

secondary

#DCE3D1

accent

#AD3983

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490C8

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

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