#A490CF#A490CF

#A490CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.093 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490CF
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 207)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 20.36, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 35.98, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0445 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.093 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5431, 32.3438, 63.3372)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490CF #BBCF90

analogous

#909CCF #A490CF #C490CF

triadic

#A490CF #CFA490 #90CFA4

tetradic

#A490CF #CF909C #BBCF90 #90CFC4

square

#A490CF #CF909C #BBCF90 #90CFC4

split-complementary

#A490CF #CFC490 #9CCF90

monochromatic

#6245A0 #8165BD #A490CF #C7BBE1 #EAE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A490CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A490CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490CF

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490CF	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.093 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0de',
    500: '#a490cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490cf;
$custom-light: #c0b0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69435,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490CF

secondary

#E1E7D4

accent

#B3338A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490CF

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

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