#A490DF#A490DF

#A490DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490DF
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 223)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 35.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 24.17, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 44.64, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0484 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.115 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5992, 33.1663, 74.1659)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490DF #CBDF90

analogous

#90A4DF #A490DF #CC90DF

triadic

#A490DF #DFA490 #90DFA4

tetradic

#A490DF #DF90A4 #CBDF90 #90DFCC

square

#A490DF #DF90A4 #CBDF90 #90DFCC

split-complementary

#A490DF #DFCC90 #A4DF90

monochromatic

#5937BE #7D60D1 #A490DF #CBC0ED #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A490DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A490DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490DF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490DF	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0e9',
    500: '#a490df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490df;
$custom-light: #c0b0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.19,
    "s": 55.245,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70167,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490DF

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C3239A

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490DF

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

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