#A490EB#A490EB

#A490EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490EB
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 235)
HSL	hsl(253, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 38.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 27.13, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 51.12, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.051 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.131 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2747, 33.8365, 82.9903)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490EB #D7EB90

analogous

#90AAEB #A490EB #D290EB

triadic

#A490EB #EBA490 #90EBA4

tetradic

#A490EB #EB90AA #D7EB90 #90EBD2

square

#A490EB #EB90AA #D7EB90 #90EBD2

split-complementary

#A490EB #EBD290 #AAEB90

monochromatic

#4F28D8 #795CE2 #A490EB #CFC4F4 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A490EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A490EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490EB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490EB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b0f2',
    500: '#a490eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490eb;
$custom-light: #c1b0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.187,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70753,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490EB

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D114A8

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490EB

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

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