#A49ABA#A49ABA

#A49ABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.047 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49ABA
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(259, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 10.00, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 18.21, 303.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0233 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.047 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7266, 34.5488, 51.2313)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49ABA #B0BA9A

analogous

#9AA0BA #A49ABA #B49ABA

triadic

#A49ABA #BAA49A #9ABAA4

tetradic

#A49ABA #BA9AA0 #B0BA9A #9ABAB4

square

#A49ABA #BA9AA0 #B0BA9A #9ABAB4

split-complementary

#A49ABA #BAB49A #A0BA9A

monochromatic

#655881 #8376A1 #A49ABA #C5BED3 #E6E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A49ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A49ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49ABA

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49ABA	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.047 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7ce',
    500: '#a49aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49aba;
$custom-light: #bfb7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70547,
    "c": 0.04734,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49ABA

secondary

#DADDD3

accent

#9D4883

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49ABA

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

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