#A495C0#A495C0

#A495C0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.064 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C0
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 192)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 14.12, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 24.66, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0327 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.064 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5698, 33.1931, 54.3920)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C0 #B1C095

analogous

#959CC0 #A495C0 #BA95C0

triadic

#A495C0 #C0A495 #95C0A4

tetradic

#A495C0 #C0959C #B1C095 #95C0BA

square

#A495C0 #C0959C #B1C095 #95C0BA

split-complementary

#A495C0 #C0BA95 #9CC095

monochromatic

#655189 #836FA9 #A495C0 #C5BBD7 #E6E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A495C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A495C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C0

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C0	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.064 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d3',
    500: '#a495c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c0;
$custom-light: #bfb4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 25.444,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69779,
    "c": 0.0641,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C0

secondary

#DADFD2

accent

#A44282

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C0

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

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