#A490CC#A490CC

#A490CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.089 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490CC
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 204)
HSL	hsl(260, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, 19.66, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 34.36, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0437 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.089 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1798, 32.1985, 61.4239)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490CC #B8CC90

analogous

#909ACC #A490CC #C290CC

triadic

#A490CC #CCA490 #90CCA4

tetradic

#A490CC #CC909A #B8CC90 #90CCC2

square

#A490CC #CC909A #B8CC90 #90CCC2

split-complementary

#A490CC #CCC290 #9ACC90

monochromatic

#63479B #8266B9 #A490CC #C6BADF #E9E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A490CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A490CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490CC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490CC	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D99A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.089 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb0db',
    500: '#a490cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490cc;
$custom-light: #bfb0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69303,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490CC

secondary

#DFE5D3

accent

#B03687

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490CC

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

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