#A495FF#A495FF

#A495FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.151 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A495FF
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 255)
HSL	hsl(248, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(248, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 29.41, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 58.79, 300.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.048 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.151 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1024, 36.6062, 99.3304)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A495FF #F0FF95

analogous

#95BBFF #A495FF #D995FF

triadic

#A495FF #FFA495 #95FFA4

tetradic

#A495FF #FF95BB #F0FF95 #95FFD9

square

#A495FF #FF95BB #F0FF95 #95FFD9

split-complementary

#A495FF #FFD995 #BBFF95

monochromatic

#3B1BFF #6F58FF #A495FF #D9D2FF #E5E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A495FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A495FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A495FF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A495FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A495FF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72A5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72A0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a495ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.151 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4ff',
    500: '#a495ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a495ff;
$custom-light: #c2b4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a495ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.491,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A495FF

secondary

#F2F7D4

accent

#E600C5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #A495FF

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

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