#A496EA#A496EA

#A496EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496EA
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(250, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 23.47, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 46.86, 300.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0427 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.121 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0637, 35.6449, 82.5426)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496EA #DCEA96

analogous

#96B2EA #A496EA #CE96EA

triadic

#A496EA #EAA496 #96EAA4

tetradic

#A496EA #EA96B2 #DCEA96 #96EACE

square

#A496EA #EA96B2 #DCEA96 #96EACE

split-complementary

#A496EA #EACE96 #B2EA96

monochromatic

#4C30D6 #7863E0 #A496EA #D0C9F4 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A496EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A496EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496EA

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496EA	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f1',
    500: '#a496ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496ea;
$custom-light: #c1b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496EA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496EA

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

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