#A495C1#A495C1

#A495C1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.065 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C1
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 193)
HSL	hsl(260, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 22.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 14.34, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 25.20, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0331 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.065 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6810, 33.2376, 54.9775)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C1 #B2C195

analogous

#959CC1 #A495C1 #BA95C1

triadic

#A495C1 #C1A495 #95C1A4

tetradic

#A495C1 #C1959C #B2C195 #95C1BA

square

#A495C1 #C1959C #B2C195 #95C1BA

split-complementary

#A495C1 #C1BA95 #9CC195

monochromatic

#65518B #836EAA #A495C1 #C5BCD8 #E6E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A495C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A495C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C1

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C1	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.065 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d3',
    500: '#a495c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c1;
$custom-light: #bfb4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 26.19,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.06548,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C1

secondary

#DBE0D2

accent

#A54183

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C1

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

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