#A495BF#A495BF

#A495BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.063 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495BF
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 191)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 22%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 13.90, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 24.12, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0324 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.063 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4594, 33.1490, 53.8104)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495BF #B0BF95

analogous

#959BBF #A495BF #B995BF

triadic

#A495BF #BFA495 #95BFA4

tetradic

#A495BF #BF959B #B0BF95 #95BFB9

square

#A495BF #BF959B #B0BF95 #95BFB9

split-complementary

#A495BF #BFB995 #9BBF95

monochromatic

#655288 #836FA8 #A495BF #C5BBD6 #E6E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A495BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A495BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495BF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495BF	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.063 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d2',
    500: '#a495bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495bf;
$custom-light: #bfb4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 24.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6974,
    "c": 0.06271,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495BF

secondary

#DADFD1

accent

#A34281

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495BF

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

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