#A894E5#A894E5

#A894E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A894E5
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 35.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 24.51, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 45.52, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0488 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.117 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8778, 35.1613, 78.7467)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A894E5 #D1E594

analogous

#94A9E5 #A894E5 #D194E5

triadic

#A894E5 #E5A894 #94E5A8

tetradic

#A894E5 #E594A9 #D1E594 #94E5D1

square

#A894E5 #E594A9 #D1E594 #94E5D1

split-complementary

#A894E5 #E5D194 #A9E594

monochromatic

#5832CD #8063D9 #A894E5 #D0C5F1 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A894E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A894E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A894E5

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A894E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A894E5	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a894e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b3ed',
    500: '#a894e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a894e5;
$custom-light: #c3b3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a894e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.815,
    "s": 60.902,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A894E5

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C91D9E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A894E5

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

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