#A49BBD#A49BBD

#A49BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.050 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BBD
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(256, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 10.09, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 19.21, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0228 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.05 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2146, 35.0092, 52.9838)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BBD #B4BD9B

analogous

#9BA3BD #A49BBD #B59BBD

triadic

#A49BBD #BDA49B #9BBDA4

tetradic

#A49BBD #BD9BA3 #B4BD9B #9BBDB5

square

#A49BBD #BD9BA3 #B4BD9B #9BBDB5

split-complementary

#A49BBD #BDB59B #A3BD9B

monochromatic

#645885 #8276A5 #A49BBD #C6C0D5 #E7E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A49BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BBD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BBD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.050 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb8d1',
    500: '#a49bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49bbd;
$custom-light: #bfb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.0499,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BBD

secondary

#DCDFD5

accent

#9F4788

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BBD

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

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