#A496EF#A496EF

#A496EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496EF
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(249, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 24.73, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 49.56, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0438 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.128 290)
XYZ	xyz(41.7921, 35.9363, 86.3791)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496EF #E1EF96

analogous

#96B5EF #A496EF #D196EF

triadic

#A496EF #EFA496 #96EFA4

tetradic

#A496EF #EF96B5 #E1EF96 #96EFD1

square

#A496EF #EF96B5 #E1EF96 #96EFD1

split-complementary

#A496EF #EFD196 #B5EF96

monochromatic

#482CDF #7661E7 #A496EF #D2CBF7 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A496EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A496EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496EF

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496EF	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f4',
    500: '#a496ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496ef;
$custom-light: #c1b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.438,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496EF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D610B7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496EF

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

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