#A491EA#A491EA

#A491EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491EA
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 234)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 38%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 26.31, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 49.96, 301.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0494 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.129 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2828, 34.0831, 82.2823)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491EA #D7EA91

analogous

#91ABEA #A491EA #D191EA

triadic

#A491EA #EAA491 #91EAA4

tetradic

#A491EA #EA91AB #D7EA91 #91EAD1

square

#A491EA #EA91AB #D7EA91 #91EAD1

split-complementary

#A491EA #EAD191 #ABEA91

monochromatic

#4F2AD6 #795EE0 #A491EA #CFC4F4 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A491EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A491EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491EA

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491EA	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b1f1',
    500: '#a491ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491ea;
$custom-light: #c1b1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.809,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70887,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491EA

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A8

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491EA

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

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