#A494CD#A494CD

#A494CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.084 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494CD
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 27.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 17.62, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 32.35, 303.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0381 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.084 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9168, 33.4799, 62.2631)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494CD #BDCD94

analogous

#94A1CD #A494CD #C194CD

triadic

#A494CD #CDA494 #94CDA4

tetradic

#A494CD #CD94A1 #BDCD94 #94CDC1

square

#A494CD #CD94A1 #BDCD94 #94CDC1

split-complementary

#A494CD #CDC194 #A1CD94

monochromatic

#61499D #816ABA #A494CD #C7BEE0 #EBE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A494CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A494CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494CD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494CD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.084 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3dc',
    500: '#a494cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494cd;
$custom-light: #bfb3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.842,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494CD

secondary

#E2E7D6

accent

#AF368D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494CD

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

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