#A495EF#A495EF

#A495EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495EF
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 239)
HSL	hsl(250, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 37.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 25.30, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 50.18, 300.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0451 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.129 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6333, 35.6185, 86.3262)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495EF #E0EF95

analogous

#95B3EF #A495EF #D195EF

triadic

#A495EF #EFA495 #95EFA4

tetradic

#A495EF #EF95B3 #E0EF95 #95EFD1

square

#A495EF #EF95B3 #E0EF95 #95EFD1

split-complementary

#A495EF #EFD195 #B3EF95

monochromatic

#492BDF #7660E7 #A495EF #D2CAF7 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A495EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A495EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495EF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495EF	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA3F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b4f4',
    500: '#a495ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495ef;
$custom-light: #c1b4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495EF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D610B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495EF

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

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