#A495DB#A495DB

#A495DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495DB
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 32%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 20.35, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 39.34, 301.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0405 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.102 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8404, 34.5014, 71.6172)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495DB #CCDB95

analogous

#95A9DB #A495DB #C795DB

triadic

#A495DB #DBA495 #95DBA4

tetradic

#A495DB #DB95A9 #CCDB95 #95DBC7

square

#A495DB #DB95A9 #CCDB95 #95DBC7

split-complementary

#A495DB #DBC795 #A9DB95

monochromatic

#583EB7 #7D67CB #A495DB #CBC3EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A495DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A495DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495DB

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495DB	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b4e6',
    500: '#a495db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495db;
$custom-light: #c0b4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70925,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495DB

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BD299D

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495DB

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

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