#A995E5#A995E5

#A995E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A995E5
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 24.23, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 44.94, 302.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0486 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.116 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2491, 35.5865, 78.8092)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A995E5 #D1E595

analogous

#95A9E5 #A995E5 #D195E5

triadic

#A995E5 #E5A995 #95E5A9

tetradic

#A995E5 #E595A9 #D1E595 #95E5D1

square

#A995E5 #E595A9 #D1E595 #95E5D1

split-complementary

#A995E5 #E5D195 #A9E595

monochromatic

#5933CD #8164D9 #A995E5 #D1C6F1 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A995E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A995E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A995E5

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A995E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A995E5	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a995e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b4ed',
    500: '#a995e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a995e5;
$custom-light: #c4b4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a995e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A995E5

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C81D9E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A995E5

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

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