#A4A0DA#A4A0DA

#A4A0DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.083 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A0DA
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(244, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 13.89, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 32.05, 295.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0248 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.083 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5324, 38.0954, 71.5337)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A0DA #D6DAA0

analogous

#A0B9DA #A4A0DA #C1A0DA

triadic

#A4A0DA #DAA4A0 #A0DAA4

tetradic

#A4A0DA #DAA0B9 #D6DAA0 #A0DAC1

square

#A4A0DA #DAA0B9 #D6DAA0 #A0DAC1

split-complementary

#A4A0DA #DAC1A0 #B9DAA0

monochromatic

#5048B8 #7A74C9 #A4A0DA #CECCEB #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A4A0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A4A0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A0DA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A0DA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.083 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bce5',
    500: '#a4a0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a0da;
$custom-light: #c0bce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.138,
    "s": 43.939,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.08343,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A0DA

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B72EAE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121215

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A0DA

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

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