#A491DC#A491DC

#A491DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.109 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491DC
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 220)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 22.87, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 42.39, 302.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0464 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.109 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3505, 33.3102, 72.1053)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491DC #C9DC91

analogous

#91A4DC #A491DC #CA91DC

triadic

#A491DC #DCA491 #91DCA4

tetradic

#A491DC #DC91A4 #C9DC91 #91DCCA

square

#A491DC #DC91A4 #C9DC91 #91DCCA

split-complementary

#A491DC #DCCA91 #A4DC91

monochromatic

#5A3BB8 #7E63CD #A491DC #CABFEB #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A491DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A491DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491DC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491DC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.109 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b1e7',
    500: '#a491dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491dc;
$custom-light: #c0b1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70213,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491DC

secondary

#E9EEDB

accent

#BF2698

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F5FC

border

#D0CFD5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491DC

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

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