#A49AAC#A49AAC

#A49AAC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.028 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49AAC
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 172)
HSL	hsl(273, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 7.10, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 10.73, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0182 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.028 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3106, 33.9824, 43.7734)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49AAC #A2AC9A

analogous

#9B9AAC #A49AAC #AC9AAB

triadic

#A49AAC #ACA49A #9AACA4

tetradic

#A49AAC #AC9B9A #A2AC9A #9AABAC

square

#A49AAC #AC9B9A #A2AC9A #9AABAC

split-complementary

#A49AAC #ABAC9A #9AAC9B

monochromatic

#675C70 #867890 #A49AAC #C2BCC8 #E1DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A49AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A49AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49AAC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49AAC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.028 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7c4',
    500: '#a49aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49aac;
$custom-light: #bfb7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 9.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70051,
    "c": 0.02821,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49AAC

secondary

#D1D4CE

accent

#94526F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49AAC

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

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