#A499EE#A499EE

#A499EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A499EE
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(248, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(248, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 22.77, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 47.18, 298.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0395 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.122 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1297, 36.8471, 85.7649)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A499EE #E3EE99

analogous

#99B9EE #A499EE #CF99EE

triadic

#A499EE #EEA499 #99EEA4

tetradic

#A499EE #EE99B9 #E3EE99 #99EECF

square

#A499EE #EE99B9 #E3EE99 #99EECF

split-complementary

#A499EE #EECF99 #B9EE99

monochromatic

#4630DD #7565E5 #A499EE #D3CDF7 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A499EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A499EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A499EE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A499EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A499EE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a499ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7f4',
    500: '#a499ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a499ee;
$custom-light: #c1b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a499ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.765,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A499EE

secondary

#EFF2D9

accent

#D312BA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A499EE

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

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