#A490E3#A490E3

#A490E3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490E3
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 227)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 25.15, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 46.80, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0493 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.121 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1449, 33.3845, 77.0397)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490E3 #CFE390

analogous

#90A5E3 #A490E3 #CD90E3

triadic

#A490E3 #E3A490 #90E3A4

tetradic

#A490E3 #E390A5 #CFE390 #90E3CD

square

#A490E3 #E390A5 #CFE390 #90E3CD

split-complementary

#A490E3 #E3CD90 #A5E390

monochromatic

#5632C7 #7C5FD7 #A490E3 #CCC1EF #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A490E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A490E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490E3

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490E3	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979EAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b0ec',
    500: '#a490e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490e3;
$custom-light: #c0b0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.458,
    "s": 59.712,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70359,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490E3

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C71E9F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490E3

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

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