#A491EE#A491EE

#A491EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.134 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491EE
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 27.32, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 52.12, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0502 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.134 292)
XYZ	xyz(40.8639, 34.3156, 85.3430)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491EE #DBEE91

analogous

#91ADEE #A491EE #D291EE

triadic

#A491EE #EEA491 #91EEA4

tetradic

#A491EE #EE91AD #DBEE91 #91EED2

square

#A491EE #EE91AD #DBEE91 #91EED2

split-complementary

#A491EE #EED291 #ADEE91

monochromatic

#4C27DE #785CE6 #A491EE #D0C6F6 #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A491EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A491EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491EE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491EE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.134 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b1f4',
    500: '#a491ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491ee;
$custom-light: #c1b1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.258,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71087,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.34316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491EE

secondary

#EDF3D8

accent

#D510AD

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491EE

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

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