#A490FD#A490FD

#A490FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.156 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490FD
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 253)
HSL	hsl(251, 96%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 43.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 31.73, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 60.79, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0541 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.156 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0080, 34.9298, 97.3856)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A490FD #E9FD90

analogous

#90B2FD #A490FD #DA90FD

triadic

#A490FD #FDA490 #90FDA4

tetradic

#A490FD #FD90B2 #E9FD90 #90FDDA

square

#A490FD #FD90B2 #E9FD90 #90FDDA

split-complementary

#A490FD #FDDA90 #B2FD90

monochromatic

#4118FB #7354FC #A490FD #D5CCFE #E6E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A490FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A490FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490FD

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490FD	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6CA2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D9DFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.156 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b0fe',
    500: '#a490fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490fd;
$custom-light: #c2b0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.009,
    "s": 96.46,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490FD

secondary

#F0F7D4

accent

#E600BB

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F5FF

border

#D1CFD7

text

#131018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490FD

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

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