#A491BF#A491BF

#A491BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.070 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491BF
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 191)
HSL	hsl(265, 26%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 24%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 16.17, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 26.71, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0384 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.07 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8374, 31.9049, 53.6031)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491BF #ACBF91

analogous

#9195BF #A491BF #BB91BF

triadic

#A491BF #BFA491 #91BFA4

tetradic

#A491BF #BF9195 #ACBF91 #91BFBB

square

#A491BF #BF9195 #ACBF91 #91BFBB

split-complementary

#A491BF #BFBB91 #95BF91

monochromatic

#664F87 #846AA8 #A491BF #C4B8D6 #E4DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A491BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A491BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491BF

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491BF	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A097A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.070 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb1d2',
    500: '#a491bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491bf;
$custom-light: #bfb1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 26.437,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68954,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491BF

secondary

#D7DECE

accent

#A5407B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F5F9

border

#D0CFD2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491BF

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

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