#A495C2#A495C2

#A495C2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.067 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C2
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 194)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 14.56, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 25.74, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0334 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.067 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7929, 33.2824, 55.5669)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C2 #B3C295

analogous

#959DC2 #A495C2 #BB95C2

triadic

#A495C2 #C2A495 #95C2A4

tetradic

#A495C2 #C2959D #B3C295 #95C2BB

square

#A495C2 #C2959D #B3C295 #95C2BB

split-complementary

#A495C2 #C2BB95 #9DC295

monochromatic

#64518C #836EAC #A495C2 #C5BCD8 #E7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A495C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A495C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C2

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C2	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.067 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d4',
    500: '#a495c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c2;
$custom-light: #bfb4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 26.946,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69859,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C2

secondary

#DCE0D2

accent

#A64084

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C2

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

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