#A894E2#A894E2

#A894E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A894E2
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 23.78, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 43.91, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0482 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.113 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4626, 34.9952, 76.5597)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A894E2 #CEE294

analogous

#94A7E2 #A894E2 #CF94E2

triadic

#A894E2 #E2A894 #94E2A8

tetradic

#A894E2 #E294A7 #CEE294 #94E2CF

square

#A894E2 #E294A7 #CEE294 #94E2CF

split-complementary

#A894E2 #E2CF94 #A7E294

monochromatic

#5B36C6 #8164D5 #A894E2 #CFC4EF #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A894E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A894E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A894E2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A894E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A894E2	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a894e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b3eb',
    500: '#a894e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a894e2;
$custom-light: #c3b3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a894e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 57.353,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A894E2

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C5219B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A894E2

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

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