#A495DA#A495DA

#A495DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.100 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495DA
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 218)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 20.11, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 38.79, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0402 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.1 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7092, 34.4489, 70.9260)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495DA #CBDA95

analogous

#95A9DA #A495DA #C695DA

triadic

#A495DA #DAA495 #95DAA4

tetradic

#A495DA #DA95A9 #CBDA95 #95DAC6

square

#A495DA #DA95A9 #CBDA95 #95DAC6

split-complementary

#A495DA #DAC695 #A9DA95

monochromatic

#593FB5 #7D68CA #A495DA #CBC2EA #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A495DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A495DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495DA

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495DA	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.100 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4e5',
    500: '#a495da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495da;
$custom-light: #c0b4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495DA

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2A9C

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495DA

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

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