#A490DC#A490DC

#A490DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.111 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490DC
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 220)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 23.44, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 43.02, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0478 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.111 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1983, 33.0059, 72.0546)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490DC #C8DC90

analogous

#90A2DC #A490DC #CA90DC

triadic

#A490DC #DCA490 #90DCA4

tetradic

#A490DC #DC90A2 #C8DC90 #90DCCA

square

#A490DC #DC90A2 #C8DC90 #90DCCA

split-complementary

#A490DC #DCCA90 #A2DC90

monochromatic

#5B3AB8 #7E61CD #A490DC #CABFEB #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A490DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A490DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490DC

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490DC	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.111 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0e7',
    500: '#a490dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490dc;
$custom-light: #c0b0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490DC

secondary

#E9EEDA

accent

#BF2697

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490DC

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

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