#A495CA#A495CA

#A495CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.078 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495CA
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 202)
HSL	hsl(257, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 26.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 16.36, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 30.08, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0358 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.078 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7156, 33.6515, 60.4267)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495CA #BBCA95

analogous

#95A1CA #A495CA #BF95CA

triadic

#A495CA #CAA495 #95CAA4

tetradic

#A495CA #CA95A1 #BBCA95 #95CABF

square

#A495CA #CA95A1 #BBCA95 #95CABF

split-complementary

#A495CA #CABF95 #A1CA95

monochromatic

#624C98 #816CB6 #A495CA #C7BEDE #EAE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A495CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A495CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495CA

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495CA	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.078 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4da',
    500: '#a495ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495ca;
$custom-light: #bfb4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70185,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495CA

secondary

#E1E5D6

accent

#AC398C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495CA

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

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