#A495C8#A495C8

#A495C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.075 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C8
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 15.91, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 29.00, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0352 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.075 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4804, 33.5574, 59.1877)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C8 #B9C895

analogous

#959FC8 #A495C8 #BD95C8

triadic

#A495C8 #C8A495 #95C8A4

tetradic

#A495C8 #C8959F #B9C895 #95C8BD

square

#A495C8 #C8959F #B9C895 #95C8BD

split-complementary

#A495C8 #C8BD95 #9FC895

monochromatic

#634D95 #816DB3 #A495C8 #C7BDDD #E9E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A495C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A495C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C8

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C8	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.075 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d8',
    500: '#a495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c8;
$custom-light: #bfb4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 31.677,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70102,
    "c": 0.07521,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C8

secondary

#E0E4D5

accent

#AA3B8A

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C8

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

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