#A29BB5#A29BB5

#A29BB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.038 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29BB5
RGB	rgb(162, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 7.70, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 14.72, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0178 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.038 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9605, 34.4602, 48.5168)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29BB5 #AEB59B

analogous

#9BA1B5 #A29BB5 #AF9BB5

triadic

#A29BB5 #B5A29B #9BB5A2

tetradic

#A29BB5 #B59BA1 #AEB59B #9BB5AF

square

#A29BB5 #B59BA1 #AEB59B #9BB5AF

split-complementary

#A29BB5 #B5AF9B #A1B59B

monochromatic

#635B7B #81789B #A29BB5 #C3BECF #E3E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A29BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A29BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29BB5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29BB5	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.038 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb8cb',
    500: '#a29bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29bb5;
$custom-light: #bdb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70398,
    "c": 0.03824,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29BB5

secondary

#D8DAD2

accent

#994C84

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29BB5

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

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