#A491FF#A491FF

#A491FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.157 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A491FF
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 255)
HSL	hsl(250, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(250, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 43.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 31.68, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 61.24, 301.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0531 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.157 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4804, 35.3622, 99.1231)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A491FF #ECFF91

analogous

#91B5FF #A491FF #DB91FF

triadic

#A491FF #FFA491 #91FFA4

tetradic

#A491FF #FF91B5 #ECFF91 #91FFDB

square

#A491FF #FF91B5 #ECFF91 #91FFDB

split-complementary

#A491FF #FFDB91 #B5FF91

monochromatic

#3F17FF #7154FF #A491FF #D7CEFF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A491FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A491FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A491FF

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A491FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A491FF	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6CA3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D9EFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a491ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.157 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b1ff',
    500: '#a491ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a491ff;
$custom-light: #c2b1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a491ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.364,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A491FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BE

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F5FF

border

#D1CFD7

text

#131018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A491FF

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

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