#A39BAE#A39BAE

#A39BAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.029 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39BAE
RGB	rgb(163, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(265, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 6.59, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 11.01, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0164 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.029 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4642, 34.2853, 44.8383)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39BAE #A6AE9B

analogous

#9B9DAE #A39BAE #AD9BAE

triadic

#A39BAE #AEA39B #9BAEA3

tetradic

#A39BAE #AE9B9D #A6AE9B #9BAEAD

square

#A39BAE #AE9B9D #A6AE9B #9BAEAD

split-complementary

#A39BAE #AEAD9B #9DAE9B

monochromatic

#665C72 #847993 #A39BAE #C2BDC9 #E1DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A39BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A39BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A39BAE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39BAE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.029 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb8c6',
    500: '#a39bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39bae;
$custom-light: #beb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 10.497,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.02874,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39BAE

secondary

#D3D6CF

accent

#955178

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39BAE

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

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