#A495C3#A495C3

#A495C3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.068 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C3
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 195)
HSL	hsl(260, 28%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 24%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 14.79, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 26.28, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0337 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.068 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9056, 33.3274, 56.1604)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C3 #B4C395

analogous

#959DC3 #A495C3 #BB95C3

triadic

#A495C3 #C3A495 #95C3A4

tetradic

#A495C3 #C3959D #B4C395 #95C3BB

square

#A495C3 #C3959D #B4C395 #95C3BB

split-complementary

#A495C3 #C3BB95 #9DC395

monochromatic

#64508E #826EAD #A495C3 #C6BCD9 #E7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A495C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A495C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C3

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C3	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.068 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d5',
    500: '#a495c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c3;
$custom-light: #bfb4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 27.711,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69899,
    "c": 0.06825,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C3

secondary

#DCE1D3

accent

#A63F85

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C3

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

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