#A49BB2#A49BB2

#A49BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.035 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BB2
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 7.76, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 13.25, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.019 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.035 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0656, 34.5496, 46.9323)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BB2 #A9B29B

analogous

#9B9EB2 #A49BB2 #AF9BB2

triadic

#A49BB2 #B2A49B #9BB2A4

tetradic

#A49BB2 #B29B9E #A9B29B #9BB2AF

square

#A49BB2 #B29B9E #A9B29B #9BB2AF

split-complementary

#A49BB2 #B2AF9B #9EB29B

monochromatic

#665C77 #857897 #A49BB2 #C3BECD #E3E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A49BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A49BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BB2

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BB2	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)

#979FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.035 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb8c9',
    500: '#a49bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49bb2;
$custom-light: #bfb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70462,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BB2

secondary

#D5D8D1

accent

#974E7B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BB2

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

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