#A495C4#A495C4

#A495C4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.070 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C4
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 196)
HSL	hsl(259, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 24%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 15.01, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 26.83, 304.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.034 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.07 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0190, 33.3728, 56.7579)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C4 #B5C495

analogous

#959DC4 #A495C4 #BC95C4

triadic

#A495C4 #C4A495 #95C4A4

tetradic

#A495C4 #C4959D #B5C495 #95C4BC

square

#A495C4 #C4959D #B5C495 #95C4BC

split-complementary

#A495C4 #C4BC95 #9DC495

monochromatic

#64508F #826EAE #A495C4 #C6BCDA #E8E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A495C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A495C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C4

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C4	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)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.070 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d6',
    500: '#a495c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c4;
$custom-light: #bfb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69939,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C4

secondary

#DDE2D3

accent

#A73E86

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C4

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

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