#A491DB#A491DB

#A491DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491DB
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 22.63, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 41.85, 302.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0461 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.108 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2184, 33.2574, 71.4099)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491DB #C8DB91

analogous

#91A3DB #A491DB #C991DB

triadic

#A491DB #DBA491 #91DBA4

tetradic

#A491DB #DB91A3 #C8DB91 #91DBC9

square

#A491DB #DB91A3 #C8DB91 #91DBC9

split-complementary

#A491DB #DBC991 #A3DB91

monochromatic

#5B3CB6 #7E63CC #A491DB #CABFEA #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A491DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A491DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491DB

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491DB	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b1e6',
    500: '#a491db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491db;
$custom-light: #c0b1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.405,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70167,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491DB

secondary

#E9EEDA

accent

#BE2797

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F5FC

border

#D0CFD5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491DB

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

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