#A29CB8#A29CB8

#A29CB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.041 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29CB8
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(253, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 7.78, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 15.74, 299.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0174 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.041 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4387, 34.9189, 50.2111)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29CB8 #B2B89C

analogous

#9CA4B8 #A29CB8 #B09CB8

triadic

#A29CB8 #B8A29C #9CB8A2

tetradic

#A29CB8 #B89CA4 #B2B89C #9CB8B0

square

#A29CB8 #B89CA4 #B2B89C #9CB8B0

split-complementary

#A29CB8 #B8B09C #A4B89C

monochromatic

#635B7F #81789E #A29CB8 #C3C0D2 #E5E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A29CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A29CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29CB8

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29CB8	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.041 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9cd',
    500: '#a29cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29cb8;
$custom-light: #bdb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29CB8

secondary

#DADCD3

accent

#9B4B8A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29CB8

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

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