#A495EB#A495EB

#A495EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495EB
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 235)
HSL	hsl(250, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(250, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 36.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 24.29, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 48.02, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0442 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.124 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0489, 35.3848, 83.2484)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495EB #DCEB95

analogous

#95B1EB #A495EB #CF95EB

triadic

#A495EB #EBA495 #95EBA4

tetradic

#A495EB #EB95B1 #DCEB95 #95EBCF

square

#A495EB #EB95B1 #DCEB95 #95EBCF

split-complementary

#A495EB #EBCF95 #B1EB95

monochromatic

#4C2ED8 #7862E1 #A495EB #D0C8F5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A495EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A495EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495EB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495EB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b4f2',
    500: '#a495eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495eb;
$custom-light: #c1b4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.465,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71679,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495EB

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D015B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495EB

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

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