#A494D2#A494D2

#A494D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.091 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494D2
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 210)
HSL	hsl(255, 41%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 18.78, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 35.07, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0395 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.091 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5300, 33.7251, 65.4926)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494D2 #C2D294

analogous

#94A3D2 #A494D2 #C394D2

triadic

#A494D2 #D2A494 #94D2A4

tetradic

#A494D2 #D294A3 #C2D294 #94D2C3

square

#A494D2 #D294A3 #C2D294 #94D2C3

split-complementary

#A494D2 #D2C394 #A3D294

monochromatic

#5F46A6 #7F69C0 #A494D2 #C9BFE4 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A494D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A494D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494D2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494D2	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.091 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b3e0',
    500: '#a494d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494d2;
$custom-light: #c0b3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 40.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70333,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494D2

secondary

#E5E9D8

accent

#B43292

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494D2

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

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