#A494EE#A494EE

#A494EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494EE
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 25.61, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 50.26, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% 0.0462 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.129 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3284, 35.2445, 85.4978)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494EE #DEEE94

analogous

#94B1EE #A494EE #D194EE

triadic

#A494EE #EEA494 #94EEA4

tetradic

#A494EE #EE94B1 #DEEE94 #94EED1

square

#A494EE #EE94B1 #DEEE94 #94EED1

split-complementary

#A494EE #EED194 #B1EE94

monochromatic

#4A2ADD #775FE6 #A494EE #D1C9F6 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A494EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A494EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494EE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494EE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b3f4',
    500: '#a494ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494ee;
$custom-light: #c1b3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 72.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7164,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494EE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D511B2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494EE

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

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