#A495C5#A495C5

#A495C5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.071 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C5
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 197)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 15.23, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 27.37, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0343 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.071 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1332, 33.4185, 57.3593)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C5 #B6C595

analogous

#959EC5 #A495C5 #BC95C5

triadic

#A495C5 #C5A495 #95C5A4

tetradic

#A495C5 #C5959E #B6C595 #95C5BC

square

#A495C5 #C5959E #B6C595 #95C5BC

split-complementary

#A495C5 #C5BC95 #9EC595

monochromatic

#644F91 #826DAF #A495C5 #C6BDDB #E8E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A495C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A495C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C5

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C5	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.071 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d6',
    500: '#a495c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c5;
$custom-light: #bfb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.07103,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C5

secondary

#DEE2D4

accent

#A83E87

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C5

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

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