#A490FA#A490FA

#A490FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.152 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490FA
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 250)
HSL	hsl(251, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 30.95, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 59.18, 301.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0536 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.152 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5339, 34.7401, 94.8885)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490FA #E6FA90

analogous

#90B1FA #A490FA #D990FA

triadic

#A490FA #FAA490 #90FAA4

tetradic

#A490FA #FA90B1 #E6FA90 #90FAD9

square

#A490FA #FA90B1 #E6FA90 #90FAD9

split-complementary

#A490FA #FAD990 #B1FA90

monochromatic

#441BF5 #7455F7 #A490FA #D4CBFD #E7E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A490FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A490FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490FA

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490FA	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6DA1FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F9DF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.152 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b0fc',
    500: '#a490fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490fa;
$custom-light: #c2b0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490FA

secondary

#F0F6D5

accent

#E600BA

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F5FF

border

#D1CFD7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490FA

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

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