#A494EA#A494EA

#A494EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494EA
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 36.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 24.61, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 48.09, 300.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0454 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.124 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7473, 35.0121, 82.4371)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494EA #DAEA94

analogous

#94AFEA #A494EA #CF94EA

triadic

#A494EA #EAA494 #94EAA4

tetradic

#A494EA #EA94AF #DAEA94 #94EACF

square

#A494EA #EA94AF #DAEA94 #94EACF

split-complementary

#A494EA #EACF94 #AFEA94

monochromatic

#4D2ED6 #7861E0 #A494EA #D0C7F4 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A494EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A494EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494EA

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494EA	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b3f1',
    500: '#a494ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494ea;
$custom-light: #c1b3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 67.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494EA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF16AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494EA

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

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