#A495EA#A495EA

#A495EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495EA
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 36.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 24.04, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 47.48, 300.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.044 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.122 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9048, 35.3271, 82.4897)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495EA #DBEA95

analogous

#95B1EA #A495EA #CE95EA

triadic

#A495EA #EAA495 #95EAA4

tetradic

#A495EA #EA95B1 #DBEA95 #95EACE

square

#A495EA #EA95B1 #DBEA95 #95EACE

split-complementary

#A495EA #EACE95 #B1EA95

monochromatic

#4C2FD6 #7862E0 #A495EA #D0C8F4 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A495EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A495EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495EA

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495EA	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b4f1',
    500: '#a495ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495ea;
$custom-light: #c1b4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7163,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495EA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495EA

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

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