#A29CB6#A29CB6

#A29CB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.038 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29CB6
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(254, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 7.36, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 14.64, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0167 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.038 296)
XYZ	xyz(35.2306, 34.8356, 49.1148)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29CB6 #B0B69C

analogous

#9CA3B6 #A29CB6 #AF9CB6

triadic

#A29CB6 #B6A29C #9CB6A2

tetradic

#A29CB6 #B69CA3 #B0B69C #9CB6AF

square

#A29CB6 #B69CA3 #B0B69C #9CB6AF

split-complementary

#A29CB6 #B6AF9C #A3B69C

monochromatic

#635C7C #81799C #A29CB6 #C3BFD0 #E4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A29CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A29CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29CB6

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29CB6	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.038 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9cb',
    500: '#a29cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29cb6;
$custom-light: #bdb9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70638,
    "c": 0.03803,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.34836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29CB6

secondary

#D9DBD3

accent

#994C88

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29CB6

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

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