#A490DD#A490DD

#A490DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490DD
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 34.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 23.68, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 43.56, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.048 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.112 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3312, 33.0591, 72.7542)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490DD #C9DD90

analogous

#90A3DD #A490DD #CA90DD

triadic

#A490DD #DDA490 #90DDA4

tetradic

#A490DD #DD90A3 #C9DD90 #90DDCA

square

#A490DD #DD90A3 #C9DD90 #90DDCA

split-complementary

#A490DD #DDCA90 #A3DD90

monochromatic

#5A39BA #7E61CF #A490DD #CABFEB #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A490DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A490DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490DD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490DD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0e8',
    500: '#a490dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490dd;
$custom-light: #c0b0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.584,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490DD

secondary

#E9EEDB

accent

#C12598

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490DD

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

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