#A49CAC#A49CAC

#A49CAC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.025 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CAC
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 5.98, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 9.41, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0152 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.025 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6434, 34.6481, 43.8844)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CAC #A4AC9C

analogous

#9C9CAC #A49CAC #AC9CAC

triadic

#A49CAC #ACA49C #9CACA4

tetradic

#A49CAC #AC9C9C #A4AC9C #9CACAC

square

#A49CAC #AC9C9C #A4AC9C #9CACAC

split-complementary

#A49CAC #ACAC9C #9CAC9C

monochromatic

#675E70 #857B90 #A49CAC #C3BDC8 #E1DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A49CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A49CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CAC

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CAC	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.025 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c4',
    500: '#a49cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cac;
$custom-light: #bfb9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70461,
    "c": 0.02466,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CAC

secondary

#D2D5CF

accent

#935373

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CAC

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

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