#A495EC#A495EC

#A495EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495EC
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 236)
HSL	hsl(250, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(250, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 36.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 24.54, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 48.56, 300.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0445 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.125 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1937, 35.4427, 84.0114)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495EC #DDEC95

analogous

#95B1EC #A495EC #CF95EC

triadic

#A495EC #ECA495 #95ECA4

tetradic

#A495EC #EC95B1 #DDEC95 #95ECCF

square

#A495EC #EC95B1 #DDEC95 #95ECCF

split-complementary

#A495EC #ECCF95 #B1EC95

monochromatic

#4B2DD9 #7761E3 #A495EC #D1C9F5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A495EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A495EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495EC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495EC	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b4f2',
    500: '#a495ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495ec;
$custom-light: #c1b4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495EC

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D214B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495EC

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

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