#A49AB6#A49AB6

#A49AB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.042 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49AB6
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 182)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 9.15, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 16.04, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0219 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.042 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3073, 34.3811, 49.0230)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49AB6 #ACB69A

analogous

#9A9EB6 #A49AB6 #B29AB6

triadic

#A49AB6 #B6A49A #9AB6A4

tetradic

#A49AB6 #B69A9E #ACB69A #9AB6B2

square

#A49AB6 #B69A9E #ACB69A #9AB6B2

split-complementary

#A49AB6 #B6B29A #9EB69A

monochromatic

#665A7C #84769C #A49AB6 #C4BED0 #E4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A49AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A49AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49AB6

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49AB6	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.042 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7cb',
    500: '#a49ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ab6;
$custom-light: #bfb7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 16.092,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70401,
    "c": 0.04177,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49AB6

secondary

#D7DBD1

accent

#9A4B7E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49AB6

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

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