#A491CD#A491CD

#A491CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.089 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491CD
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 19.33, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 34.26, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0425 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.089 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4523, 32.5509, 62.1083)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491CD #BACD91

analogous

#919CCD #A491CD #C291CD

triadic

#A491CD #CDA491 #91CDA4

tetradic

#A491CD #CD919C #BACD91 #91CDC2

square

#A491CD #CD919C #BACD91 #91CDC2

split-complementary

#A491CD #CDC291 #9CCD91

monochromatic

#62479C #8167BA #A491CD #C7BBE0 #EAE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A491CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A491CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491CD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491CD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.089 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb1dc',
    500: '#a491cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491cd;
$custom-light: #bfb1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69539,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491CD

secondary

#E0E6D4

accent

#B03589

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F5FB

border

#D0CFD4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491CD

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

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