#A490F2#A490F2

#A490F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.141 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490F2
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 242)
HSL	hsl(252, 79%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 40%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 40.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 28.90, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 54.89, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0523 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.141 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3060, 34.2490, 88.4216)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490F2 #DEF290

analogous

#90ADF2 #A490F2 #D590F2

triadic

#A490F2 #F2A490 #90F2A4

tetradic

#A490F2 #F290AD #DEF290 #90F2D5

square

#A490F2 #F290AD #DEF290 #90F2D5

split-complementary

#A490F2 #F2D590 #ADF290

monochromatic

#4A22E5 #7759EC #A490F2 #D1C7F8 #E9E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A490F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A490F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490F2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490F2	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72A0F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749CF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.141 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b0f7',
    500: '#a490f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490f2;
$custom-light: #c1b0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.245,
    "s": 79.032,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71109,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490F2

secondary

#EEF4D7

accent

#DB0AB1

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F5FE

border

#D1CFD6

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490F2

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

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