#A495FD#A495FD

#A495FD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.148 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495FD
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 253)
HSL	hsl(249, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 41.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 28.89, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 57.72, 300.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0477 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.148 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7821, 36.4781, 97.6437)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495FD #EEFD95

analogous

#95BAFD #A495FD #D895FD

triadic

#A495FD #FDA495 #95FDA4

tetradic

#A495FD #FD95BA #EEFD95 #95FDD8

square

#A495FD #FD95BA #EEFD95 #95FDD8

split-complementary

#A495FD #FDD895 #BAFD95

monochromatic

#3D1DFB #7059FC #A495FD #D8D1FE #E5E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A495FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A495FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495FD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495FD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73A0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4fe',
    500: '#a495fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495fd;
$custom-light: #c2b4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.654,
    "s": 96.296,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495FD

secondary

#F2F7D4

accent

#E600C4

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495FD

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

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