#A495C9#A495C9

#A495C9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.077 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495C9
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 201)
HSL	hsl(257, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 16.14, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 29.54, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0355 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.077 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5976, 33.6043, 59.8052)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495C9 #BAC995

analogous

#95A0C9 #A495C9 #BE95C9

triadic

#A495C9 #C9A495 #95C9A4

tetradic

#A495C9 #C995A0 #BAC995 #95C9BE

square

#A495C9 #C995A0 #BAC995 #95C9BE

split-complementary

#A495C9 #C9BE95 #A0C995

monochromatic

#624D97 #816CB4 #A495C9 #C7BEDE #EAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A495C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A495C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495C9

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495C9	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.077 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4d9',
    500: '#a495c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495c9;
$custom-light: #bfb4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70143,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495C9

secondary

#E0E5D5

accent

#AB3A8B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495C9

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

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