#A49BBF#A49BBF

#A49BBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.053 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BBF
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(255, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 10.52, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 20.30, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0235 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.053 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4332, 35.0966, 54.1350)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BBF #B6BF9B

analogous

#9BA4BF #A49BBF #B69BBF

triadic

#A49BBF #BFA49B #9BBFA4

tetradic

#A49BBF #BF9BA4 #B6BF9B #9BBFB6

square

#A49BBF #BF9BA4 #B6BF9B #9BBFB6

split-complementary

#A49BBF #BFB69B #A4BF9B

monochromatic

#645788 #8276A7 #A49BBF #C6C0D7 #E8E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A49BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BBF

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BBF	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.053 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb8d2',
    500: '#a49bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49bbf;
$custom-light: #bfb8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.05273,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BBF

secondary

#DEE0D5

accent

#A0458A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BBF

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

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