#A990EE#A990EE

#A990EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.136 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A990EE
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 39.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 29.26, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 52.89, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0573 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.136 295)
XYZ	xyz(41.7643, 34.5540, 85.3416)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A990EE #D5EE90

analogous

#90A6EE #A990EE #D890EE

triadic

#A990EE #EEA990 #90EEA9

tetradic

#A990EE #EE90A6 #D5EE90 #90EED8

square

#A990EE #EE90A6 #D5EE90 #90EED8

split-complementary

#A990EE #EED890 #A6EE90

monochromatic

#5726DE #805BE6 #A990EE #D2C5F6 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A990EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A990EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A990EE

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A990EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A990EE	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a990ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.136 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b0f4',
    500: '#a990ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a990ee;
$custom-light: #c4b0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a990ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.957,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.34555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A990EE

secondary

#ECF3D8

accent

#D610A1

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A990EE

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

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