#A19BBD#A19BBD

#A19BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.050 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A19BBD
RGB	rgb(161, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(251, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 9.09, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 19.06, 298.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0195 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.05 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6026, 34.6936, 52.9551)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A19BBD #B7BD9B

analogous

#9BA6BD #A19BBD #B29BBD

triadic

#A19BBD #BDA19B #9BBDA1

tetradic

#A19BBD #BD9BA6 #B7BD9B #9BBDB2

square

#A19BBD #BD9BA6 #B7BD9B #9BBDB2

split-complementary

#A19BBD #BDB29B #A6BD9B

monochromatic

#605885 #7E76A5 #A19BBD #C4C0D5 #E6E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A19BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A19BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A19BBD

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A19BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A19BBD	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a19bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.050 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb8d1',
    500: '#a19bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a19bbd;
$custom-light: #bdb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a19bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70608,
    "c": 0.04951,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A19BBD

secondary

#DDDFD5

accent

#9F478F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A19BBD

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

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