#A490F9#A490F9

#A490F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.150 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490F9
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 249)
HSL	hsl(251, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 30.70, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 58.64, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0535 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.15 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3775, 34.6776, 94.0649)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490F9 #E5F990

analogous

#90B0F9 #A490F9 #D990F9

triadic

#A490F9 #F9A490 #90F9A4

tetradic

#A490F9 #F990B0 #E5F990 #90F9D9

square

#A490F9 #F990B0 #E5F990 #90F9D9

split-complementary

#A490F9 #F9D990 #B0F990

monochromatic

#451CF3 #7456F6 #A490F9 #D4CAFC #E7E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A490F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A490F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490F9

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490F9	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F9DF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.150 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b0fc',
    500: '#a490f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490f9;
$custom-light: #c2b0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 89.744,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490F9

secondary

#EFF6D5

accent

#E600BA

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F5FF

border

#D1CFD7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490F9

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

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