#A49AAE#A49AAE

#A49AAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.031 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49AAE
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 7.50, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 11.77, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.019 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.031 308)
XYZ	xyz(34.5041, 34.0598, 44.7927)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49AAE #A4AE9A

analogous

#9A9AAE #A49AAE #AE9AAE

triadic

#A49AAE #AEA49A #9AAEA4

tetradic

#A49AAE #AE9A9A #A4AE9A #9AAEAE

square

#A49AAE #AE9A9A #A4AE9A #9AAEAE

split-complementary

#A49AAE #AEAE9A #9AAE9A

monochromatic

#675C72 #857893 #A49AAE #C3BCC9 #E1DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A49AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A49AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49AAE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49AAE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.031 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7c6',
    500: '#a49aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49aae;
$custom-light: #bfb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70119,
    "c": 0.03086,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.3406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49AAE

secondary

#D2D5CE

accent

#955073

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49AAE

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

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