#A29CBA#A29CBA

#A29CBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.044 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A29CBA
RGB	rgb(162, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(252, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 8.21, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 16.84, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0181 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.044 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6499, 35.0033, 51.3230)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A29CBA #B4BA9C

analogous

#9CA5BA #A29CBA #B19CBA

triadic

#A29CBA #BAA29C #9CBAA2

tetradic

#A29CBA #BA9CA5 #B4BA9C #9CBAB1

square

#A29CBA #BA9CA5 #B4BA9C #9CBAB1

split-complementary

#A29CBA #BAB19C #A5BA9C

monochromatic

#625A81 #8078A1 #A29CBA #C4C0D3 #E6E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A29CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A29CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A29CBA

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A29CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A29CBA	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a29cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.044 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9ce',
    500: '#a29cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a29cba;
$custom-light: #bdb9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a29cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.04373,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A29CBA

secondary

#DCDED4

accent

#9C498C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A29CBA

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

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