#A29BBD#A29BBD

#A29BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.050 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29BBD
RGB	rgb(162, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(252, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 9.42, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 19.10, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0206 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.05 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8050, 34.7980, 52.9646)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29BBD #B6BD9B

analogous

#9BA5BD #A29BBD #B39BBD

triadic

#A29BBD #BDA29B #9BBDA2

tetradic

#A29BBD #BD9BA5 #B6BD9B #9BBDB3

square

#A29BBD #BD9BA5 #B6BD9B #9BBDB3

split-complementary

#A29BBD #BDB39B #A5BD9B

monochromatic

#615885 #8076A5 #A29BBD #C4C0D5 #E7E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A29BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A29BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29BBD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29BBD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.050 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb8d1',
    500: '#a29bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29bbd;
$custom-light: #bdb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.04961,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29BBD

secondary

#DDDFD5

accent

#9F478D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29BBD

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

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