#A29CB2#A29CB2

#A29CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.032 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29CB2
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 6.51, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 12.45, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0152 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.032 298)
XYZ	xyz(34.8231, 34.6726, 46.9688)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29CB2 #ACB29C

analogous

#9CA1B2 #A29CB2 #AD9CB2

triadic

#A29CB2 #B2A29C #9CB2A2

tetradic

#A29CB2 #B29CA1 #ACB29C #9CB2AD

square

#A29CB2 #B29CA1 #ACB29C #9CB2AD

split-complementary

#A29CB2 #B2AD9C #A1B29C

monochromatic

#645D77 #827A97 #A29CB2 #C2BECD #E3E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A29CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A29CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29CB2

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29CB2	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.032 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9c9',
    500: '#a29cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29cb2;
$custom-light: #bdb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70496,
    "c": 0.03236,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.34673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29CB2

secondary

#D7D9D1

accent

#974F83

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29CB2

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

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