#A49ABE#A49ABE

#A49ABE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.053 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49ABE
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 10.86, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 20.39, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0247 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.053 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1578, 34.7213, 53.5022)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49ABE #B4BE9A

analogous

#9AA2BE #A49ABE #B69ABE

triadic

#A49ABE #BEA49A #9ABEA4

tetradic

#A49ABE #BE9AA2 #B4BE9A #9ABEB6

square

#A49ABE #BE9AA2 #B4BE9A #9ABEB6

split-complementary

#A49ABE #BEB69A #A2BE9A

monochromatic

#645787 #8275A6 #A49ABE #C6BFD6 #E7E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A49ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A49ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49ABE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49ABE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.053 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7d1',
    500: '#a49abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49abe;
$custom-light: #bfb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.05296,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49ABE

secondary

#DCE0D4

accent

#A04587

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49ABE

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

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