#A495C7#A495C7

#A495C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.074 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C7
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 199)
HSL	hsl(258, 31%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 15.68, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 28.45, 303.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0349 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.074 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3639, 33.5108, 58.5742)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C7 #B8C795

analogous

#959FC7 #A495C7 #BD95C7

triadic

#A495C7 #C7A495 #95C7A4

tetradic

#A495C7 #C7959F #B8C795 #95C7BD

square

#A495C7 #C7959F #B8C795 #95C7BD

split-complementary

#A495C7 #C7BD95 #9FC795

monochromatic

#634E94 #826DB2 #A495C7 #C6BDDC #E9E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A495C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A495C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C7

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C7	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.074 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d8',
    500: '#a495c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c7;
$custom-light: #bfb4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 30.864,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70061,
    "c": 0.07381,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C7

secondary

#DFE3D4

accent

#AA3C89

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C7

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

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