#A39BAF#A39BAF

#A39BAF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.030 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39BAF
RGB	rgb(163, 155, 175)
HSL	hsl(264, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 6.80, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 11.55, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0167 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.03 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5621, 34.3244, 45.3536)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39BAF #A7AF9B

analogous

#9B9DAF #A39BAF #AD9BAF

triadic

#A39BAF #AFA39B #9BAFA3

tetradic

#A39BAF #AF9B9D #A7AF9B #9BAFAD

square

#A39BAF #AF9B9D #A7AF9B #9BAFAD

split-complementary

#A39BAF #AFAD9B #9DAF9B

monochromatic

#655C73 #847994 #A39BAF #C2BDCA #E2DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A39BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A39BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A39BAF

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39BAF	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)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 155, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.030 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb8c6',
    500: '#a39baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39baf;
$custom-light: #beb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.03011,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39BAF

secondary

#D4D6CF

accent

#95507A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39BAF

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

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