#A494DA#A494DA

#A494DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494DA
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 218)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 32.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 20.68, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 39.42, 301.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0417 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.102 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5516, 34.1338, 70.8735)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494DA #CADA94

analogous

#94A7DA #A494DA #C794DA

triadic

#A494DA #DAA494 #94DAA4

tetradic

#A494DA #DA94A7 #CADA94 #94DAC7

square

#A494DA #DA94A7 #CADA94 #94DAC7

split-complementary

#A494DA #DAC794 #A7DA94

monochromatic

#5A3FB5 #7D67CA #A494DA #CBC1EA #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A494DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A494DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494DA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494DA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b3e5',
    500: '#a494da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494da;
$custom-light: #c0b3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70689,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494DA

secondary

#EAEEDC

accent

#BC2A9A

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494DA

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

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