#A49BD2#A49BD2

#A49BD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.080 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BD2
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(250, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(250, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 14.82, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 30.70, 298.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0295 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.08 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6613, 35.9879, 65.8698)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BD2 #C9D29B

analogous

#9BAED2 #A49BD2 #C09BD2

triadic

#A49BD2 #D2A49B #9BD2A4

tetradic

#A49BD2 #D29BAE #C9D29B #9BD2C0

square

#A49BD2 #D29BAE #C9D29B #9BD2C0

split-complementary

#A49BD2 #D2C09B #AED29B

monochromatic

#5A4BA7 #7E71BF #A49BD2 #CAC5E5 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A49BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A49BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BD2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BD2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.080 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb8e0',
    500: '#a49bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49bd2;
$custom-light: #bfb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.818,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.07966,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BD2

secondary

#E9EBDD

accent

#B1359D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BD2

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