#A49BE2#A49BE2

#A49BE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BE2
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(248, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(248, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 18.65, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 39.44, 298.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0339 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.102 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7552, 36.8254, 76.8976)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BE2 #D9E29B

analogous

#9BB5E2 #A49BE2 #C89BE2

triadic

#A49BE2 #E2A49B #9BE2A4

tetradic

#A49BE2 #E29BB5 #D9E29B #9BE2C8

square

#A49BE2 #E29BB5 #D9E29B #9BE2C8

split-complementary

#A49BE2 #E2C89B #B5E29B

monochromatic

#4E3CC6 #796CD4 #A49BE2 #CFCAF0 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A49BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A49BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BE2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BE2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b8eb',
    500: '#a49be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49be2;
$custom-light: #c0b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.606,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BE2

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C323AE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BE2

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

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