#A490EC#A490EC

#A490EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.133 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490EC
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 236)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 39%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 27.39, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 51.66, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0512 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.133 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4196, 33.8944, 83.7534)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490EC #D8EC90

analogous

#90AAEC #A490EC #D290EC

triadic

#A490EC #ECA490 #90ECA4

tetradic

#A490EC #EC90AA #D8EC90 #90ECD2

square

#A490EC #EC90AA #D8EC90 #90ECD2

split-complementary

#A490EC #ECD290 #AAEC90

monochromatic

#4E27DA #795CE3 #A490EC #CFC4F5 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A490EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A490EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490EC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490EC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.133 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b0f2',
    500: '#a490ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490ec;
$custom-light: #c1b0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490EC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D313A9

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490EC

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

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