#A494FA#A494FA
#A494FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A494FA |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 148, 250) |
| HSL | hsl(249, 91%, 78%) |
| HSV | hsv(249, 41%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(34.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.50, 28.68, -48.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.50, 56.72, 300.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.25% 0.0485 -0.1374) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.25% 0.146 289.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.1505, 35.9734, 95.0940) |
| Luminance | 0.3597 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | blue |
Closest named colors
Perrywinkle
#8F8CE7
ΔE00 4.54
Lavender Blue
#8B88F8
ΔE00 5.31
Periwinkle Blue
#8F99FB
ΔE00 5.39
Periwinkle (survey)
#8E82FE
ΔE00 6.05
Liliac
#C48EFD
ΔE00 7.15
Pastel Purple
#CAA0FF
ΔE00 7.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A494FA #EAFA94
analogous
#94B7FA #A494FA #D794FA
triadic
#A494FA #FAA494 #94FAA4
tetradic
#A494FA #FA94B7 #EAFA94 #94FAD7
square
#A494FA #FA94B7 #EAFA94 #94FAD7
split-complementary
#A494FA #FAD794 #B7FA94
monochromatic
#411FF5 #725AF7 #A494FA #D6CEFD #E6E2FE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.56
#A494FA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.19
#A494FA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A494FA
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A494FA | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A494FA | 1.00 | 2.56 | 8.19 | 8.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#73A4FE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#749FF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8EA7BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a494fa; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 250); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 289.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2b3fc',
500: '#a494fa',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a494fa; $custom-light: #c2b3fc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a494fa",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 148,
"b": 250
},
"hsl": {
"h": 249.412,
"s": 91.071,
"l": 78.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72251,
"c": 0.14571,
"h": 289.4
},
"luminance": 0.35974
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A494FA
secondary
#F1F6D5
accent
#E600C1
background
#FCFBFF
surface
#F8F6FF
border
#D1D0D7
text
#131117
muted
#828085