#A490CB#A490CB

#A490CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.088 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490CB
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 19.43, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 33.82, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0434 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.088 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0603, 32.1507, 60.7943)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490CB #B7CB90

analogous

#9099CB #A490CB #C190CB

triadic

#A490CB #CBA490 #90CBA4

tetradic

#A490CB #CB9099 #B7CB90 #90CBC1

square

#A490CB #CB9099 #B7CB90 #90CBC1

split-complementary

#A490CB #CBC190 #99CB90

monochromatic

#634899 #8266B7 #A490CB #C6BADF #E8E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A490CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A490CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490CB

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490CB	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D99A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.088 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0db',
    500: '#a490cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490cb;
$custom-light: #bfb0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 36.196,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6926,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490CB

secondary

#DEE4D2

accent

#AF3686

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490CB

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

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