#A497FA#A497FA

#A497FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A497FA
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(248, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(248, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 26.98, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 54.88, 299.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0446 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.141 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6271, 36.9267, 95.2529)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A497FA #EDFA97

analogous

#97BBFA #A497FA #D597FA

triadic

#A497FA #FAA497 #97FAA4

tetradic

#A497FA #FA97BB #EDFA97 #97FAD5

square

#A497FA #FA97BB #EDFA97 #97FAD5

split-complementary

#A497FA #FAD597 #BBFA97

monochromatic

#3E22F4 #715DF7 #A497FA #D7D1FD #E5E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A497FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A497FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A497FA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A497FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A497FA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a497fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b5fc',
    500: '#a497fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a497fa;
$custom-light: #c2b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a497fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.879,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A497FA

secondary

#F1F6D5

accent

#E600C7

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A497FA

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

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