#A49BB0#A49BB0

#A49BB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.032 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BB0
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 176)
HSL	hsl(266, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 12%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 7.35, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 12.18, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0182 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.032 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8663, 34.4698, 45.8824)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BB0 #A7B09B

analogous

#9B9DB0 #A49BB0 #AF9BB0

triadic

#A49BB0 #B0A49B #9BB0A4

tetradic

#A49BB0 #B09B9D #A7B09B #9BB0AF

square

#A49BB0 #B09B9D #A7B09B #9BB0AF

split-complementary

#A49BB0 #B0AF9B #9DB09B

monochromatic

#675C75 #857995 #A49BB0 #C3BDCB #E2DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A49BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A49BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BB0

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BB0	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.032 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb8c7',
    500: '#a49bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49bb0;
$custom-light: #bfb8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 11.732,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.0318,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BB0

secondary

#D4D7D0

accent

#965078

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BB0

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

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