#A490CA#A490CA

#A490CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.086 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490CA
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 28.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 19.20, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 33.28, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0431 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.086 300)
XYZ	xyz(35.9415, 32.1032, 60.1687)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490CA #B6CA90

analogous

#9099CA #A490CA #C190CA

triadic

#A490CA #CAA490 #90CAA4

tetradic

#A490CA #CA9099 #B6CA90 #90CAC1

square

#A490CA #CA9099 #B6CA90 #90CAC1

split-complementary

#A490CA #CAC190 #99CA90

monochromatic

#644897 #8267B6 #A490CA #C6B9DE #E8E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A490CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A490CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490CA

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490CA	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D99A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.086 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0da',
    500: '#a490ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490ca;
$custom-light: #bfb0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 35.366,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69217,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.32103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490CA

secondary

#DEE4D2

accent

#AE3785

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490CA

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

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