#A496F6#A496F6

#A496F6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496F6
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 246)
HSL	hsl(249, 84%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(249, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 39%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 26.51, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 53.34, 299.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0451 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.137 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8463, 36.3580, 91.9313)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496F6 #E8F696

analogous

#96B8F6 #A496F6 #D496F6

triadic

#A496F6 #F6A496 #96F6A4

tetradic

#A496F6 #F696B8 #E8F696 #96F6D4

square

#A496F6 #F696B8 #E8F696 #96F6D4

split-complementary

#A496F6 #F6D496 #B8F696

monochromatic

#4225EC #735EF1 #A496F6 #D5CEFB #E7E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A496F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A496F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496F6

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496F6	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A5FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5f9',
    500: '#a496f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496f6;
$custom-light: #c1b5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.75,
    "s": 84.211,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496F6

secondary

#F0F5D6

accent

#E105C1

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496F6

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

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