#A495CD#A495CD

#A495CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.082 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495CD
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 17.05, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 31.72, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0367 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.082 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0743, 33.7949, 62.3156)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495CD #BECD95

analogous

#95A2CD #A495CD #C095CD

triadic

#A495CD #CDA495 #95CDA4

tetradic

#A495CD #CD95A2 #BECD95 #95CDC0

square

#A495CD #CD95A2 #BECD95 #95CDC0

split-complementary

#A495CD #CDC095 #A2CD95

monochromatic

#614A9D #806BB9 #A495CD #C8BFE1 #EBE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A495CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A495CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495CD

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495CD	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.082 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4dc',
    500: '#a495cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495cd;
$custom-light: #bfb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70311,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495CD

secondary

#E3E7D7

accent

#AF378F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495CD

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

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