#A494FF#A494FF

#A494FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.152 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A494FF
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 255)
HSL	hsl(249, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 42%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 29.98, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 59.40, 300.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0493 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.152 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9449, 36.2911, 99.2779)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A494FF #EFFF94

analogous

#94BAFF #A494FF #DA94FF

triadic

#A494FF #FFA494 #94FFA4

tetradic

#A494FF #FF94BA #EFFF94 #94FFDA

square

#A494FF #FF94BA #EFFF94 #94FFDA

split-complementary

#A494FF #FFDA94 #BAFF94

monochromatic

#3C1AFF #7057FF #A494FF #D8D1FF #E5E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A494FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A494FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A494FF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A494FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A494FF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70A0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a494ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.152 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b3ff',
    500: '#a494ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a494ff;
$custom-light: #c2b3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a494ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.972,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72514,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A494FF

secondary

#F2F7D4

accent

#E600C3

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A494FF

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

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