#A487FF

sRGB: 164 / 135 / 255

Radiant blossoms shimmer beneath moonlight
Morning melodies unfold through ancient forests
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#A487FF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 164 red, 135 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 254.5° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.49:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 164, 135, 255
HSL: 254.50°, 100.00%, 76.47%
HSV / HSB: 254.50°, 47.06%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 35.69%, 47.06%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.021, 32.440, 98.659
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.705, 37.347, -56.097
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32440
24-bit decimal: 10782719

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A487FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.49:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.80:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#E2FF87 sits half a turn (180°) from #A487FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A487FF #E2FF87

Analogous

#87A6FF and #E087FF sit 30° to either side of #A487FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#87A6FF #A487FF #E087FF

Triadic

#A487FF, #FFA487 and #87FFA4 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A487FF #FFA487 #87FFA4

Split complementary

Start at #A487FF and look across the wheel. #FFE087 and #A6FF87 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A487FF #FFE087 #A6FF87

Square

Starting with #A487FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF87A6, #E2FF87, then #87FFE0. Across the square, #A487FF pairs with #E2FF87, and #FF87A6 with #87FFE0.

#A487FF #FF87A6 #E2FF87 #87FFE0

Tetradic

#A487FF and #E2FF87 are opposites, as are #FF87E2 and #87FFA4. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A487FF #FF87E2 #E2FF87 #87FFA4

Tints

Mixing #A487FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B69FFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EDE7FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#A487FF #B69FFF #C8B7FF #DBCFFF #EDE7FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A487FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #836CCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #211B33, the mixture is 80% black.

#A487FF #836CCC #625199 #423666 #211B33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A487FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9D86E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #878199, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A487FF #9D86E6 #9684CC #8E83B3 #878199 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A487FF

RGB

rgb(164 135 255)

HSL

hsl(254.500 100.000% 76.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A487FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A487FF uses 164 red, 135 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 64.3%

Green 52.9%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A487FF is 35.7% cyan, 47.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 35.7%

Magenta 47.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA88FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A8F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A487FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA88FF Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#A487FF #AE9BEB #B9AFD7 #C3C3C3 #CDD7AF #D8EB9B #E2FF87

Color vision previews

Compare how #A487FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5C9CFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#6098FC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8E9EB7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7B95FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7A93FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9E90E8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9A9A9A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9F91D5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.37124 G 0.24228 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.62486 G 0.53369 B 0.97059

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.34834 G 0.24656 B 0.93440

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.243 y 0.187 Y 32.440

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 35.686 M % 47.059 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100100 10000111 11111111