#A490CD#A490CD

#A490CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.090 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490CD
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 19.89, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 34.90, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0439 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.09 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3002, 32.2467, 62.0576)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490CD #B9CD90

analogous

#909ACD #A490CD #C290CD

triadic

#A490CD #CDA490 #90CDA4

tetradic

#A490CD #CD909A #B9CD90 #90CDC2

square

#A490CD #CD909A #B9CD90 #90CDC2

split-complementary

#A490CD #CDC290 #9ACD90

monochromatic

#63469C #8166BA #A490CD #C7BAE0 #E9E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A490CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A490CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490CD

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490CD	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D99A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.090 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0dc',
    500: '#a490cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490cd;
$custom-light: #c0b0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69347,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490CD

secondary

#E0E6D3

accent

#B13588

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490CD

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

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