#A490DB#A490DB

#A490DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490DB
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 34.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 23.20, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 42.48, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0475 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.11 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0663, 32.9531, 71.3592)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490DB #C7DB90

analogous

#90A1DB #A490DB #C990DB

triadic

#A490DB #DBA490 #90DBA4

tetradic

#A490DB #DB90A1 #C7DB90 #90DBC9

square

#A490DB #DB90A1 #C7DB90 #90DBC9

split-complementary

#A490DB #DBC990 #A1DB90

monochromatic

#5C3BB6 #7E62CC #A490DB #CABEEA #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A490DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A490DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490DB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490DB	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0e6',
    500: '#a490db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490db;
$custom-light: #c0b0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490DB

secondary

#E8EDDA

accent

#BE2796

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490DB

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

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