#A491CE#A491CE

#A491CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.090 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491CE
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 206)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 19.56, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 34.80, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0428 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.09 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5734, 32.5994, 62.7460)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491CE #BBCE91

analogous

#919DCE #A491CE #C391CE

triadic

#A491CE #CEA491 #91CEA4

tetradic

#A491CE #CE919D #BBCE91 #91CEC3

square

#A491CE #CE919D #BBCE91 #91CEC3

split-complementary

#A491CE #CEC391 #9DCE91

monochromatic

#62469E #8167BB #A491CE #C7BBE1 #EAE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A491CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A491CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491CE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491CE	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.090 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b1dd',
    500: '#a491ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491ce;
$custom-light: #c0b1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 38.365,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.09011,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491CE

secondary

#E1E6D4

accent

#B1348A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F5FB

border

#D0CFD4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491CE

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

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