#A496EE#A496EE

#A496EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496EE
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 24.48, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 49.02, 299.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0435 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.126 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6448, 35.8774, 85.6033)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496EE #E0EE96

analogous

#96B4EE #A496EE #D096EE

triadic

#A496EE #EEA496 #96EEA4

tetradic

#A496EE #EE96B4 #E0EE96 #96EED0

square

#A496EE #EE96B4 #E0EE96 #96EED0

split-complementary

#A496EE #EED096 #B4EE96

monochromatic

#492DDD #7661E5 #A496EE #D2CBF7 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A496EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A496EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496EE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496EE	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f4',
    500: '#a496ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496ee;
$custom-light: #c1b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.545,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496EE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D411B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496EE

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

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