#A29CB0#A29CB0

#A29CB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.030 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29CB0
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(258, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 6.10, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 11.36, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0145 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.03 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6238, 34.5929, 45.9189)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29CB0 #AAB09C

analogous

#9CA0B0 #A29CB0 #AC9CB0

triadic

#A29CB0 #B0A29C #9CB0A2

tetradic

#A29CB0 #B09CA0 #AAB09C #9CB0AC

square

#A29CB0 #B09CA0 #AAB09C #9CB0AC

split-complementary

#A29CB0 #B0AC9C #A0B09C

monochromatic

#645D75 #827A95 #A29CB0 #C2BECB #E2E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A29CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A29CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29CB0

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29CB0	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.030 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9c7',
    500: '#a29cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29cb0;
$custom-light: #bdb9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.02954,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29CB0

secondary

#D5D7D1

accent

#955081

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29CB0

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

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