#A495C6#A495C6

#A495C6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.072 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C6
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 198)
HSL	hsl(258, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 15.46, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 27.91, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0346 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.072 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2482, 33.4645, 57.9648)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C6 #B7C695

analogous

#959EC6 #A495C6 #BC95C6

triadic

#A495C6 #C6A495 #95C6A4

tetradic

#A495C6 #C6959E #B7C695 #95C6BC

square

#A495C6 #C6959E #B7C695 #95C6BC

split-complementary

#A495C6 #C6BC95 #9EC695

monochromatic

#634F92 #826DB1 #A495C6 #C6BDDB #E8E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A495C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A495C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C6

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C6	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.072 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d7',
    500: '#a495c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c6;
$custom-light: #bfb4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 30.061,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7002,
    "c": 0.07242,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C6

secondary

#DEE3D4

accent

#A93D88

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C6

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

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