#A490FF#A490FF

#A490FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.158 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A490FF
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 255)
HSL	hsl(251, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 43.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 32.25, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 61.85, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0544 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.158 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3283, 35.0579, 99.0724)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A490FF #EBFF90

analogous

#90B3FF #A490FF #DB90FF

triadic

#A490FF #FFA490 #90FFA4

tetradic

#A490FF #FF90B3 #EBFF90 #90FFDB

square

#A490FF #FF90B3 #EBFF90 #90FFDB

split-complementary

#A490FF #FFDB90 #B3FF90

monochromatic

#4016FF #7253FF #A490FF #D6CDFF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A490FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A490FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A490FF

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A490FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A490FF	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6AA2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B9DFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a490ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.158 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b0ff',
    500: '#a490ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a490ff;
$custom-light: #c2b0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a490ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.811,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A490FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BC

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F5FF

border

#D1CFD7

text

#131018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A490FF

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

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