#A49AAA#A49AAA

#A49AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.026 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49AAA
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(278, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 6.70, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 9.70, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0175 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.026 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1200, 33.9062, 42.7695)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49AAA #A0AA9A

analogous

#9C9AAA #A49AAA #AA9AA8

triadic

#A49AAA #AAA49A #9AAAA4

tetradic

#A49AAA #AA9C9A #A0AA9A #9AA8AA

square

#A49AAA #AA9C9A #A0AA9A #9AA8AA

split-complementary

#A49AAA #A8AA9A #9AAA9C

monochromatic

#675C6D #86798E #A49AAA #C2BBC6 #E0DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A49AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A49AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49AAA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49AAA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.026 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7c3',
    500: '#a49aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49aaa;
$custom-light: #bfb7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69983,
    "c": 0.02561,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49AAA

secondary

#CFD3CD

accent

#93536B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49AAA

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

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