#A496FA#A496FA

#A496FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.143 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496FA
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(248, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(248, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 27.55, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 55.49, 299.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0459 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.143 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4669, 36.6062, 95.1995)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496FA #ECFA96

analogous

#96BAFA #A496FA #D696FA

triadic

#A496FA #FAA496 #96FAA4

tetradic

#A496FA #FA96BA #ECFA96 #96FAD6

square

#A496FA #FA96BA #ECFA96 #96FAD6

split-complementary

#A496FA #FAD696 #BAFA96

monochromatic

#3F21F4 #715CF7 #A496FA #D7D0FD #E6E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A496FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A496FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496FA

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496FA	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)

#76A5FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76A1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.143 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5fc',
    500: '#a496fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496fa;
$custom-light: #c2b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496FA

secondary

#F1F6D5

accent

#E600C5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496FA

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

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