#A49CAE#A49CAE

#A49CAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.027 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CAE
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(267, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 6.38, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 10.46, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.016 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.027 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8369, 34.7255, 44.9036)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CAE #A6AE9C

analogous

#9C9DAE #A49CAE #AD9CAE

triadic

#A49CAE #AEA49C #9CAEA4

tetradic

#A49CAE #AE9C9D #A6AE9C #9CAEAD

square

#A49CAE #AE9C9D #A6AE9C #9CAEAD

split-complementary

#A49CAE #AEAD9C #9DAE9C

monochromatic

#675D72 #857A92 #A49CAE #C3BECA #E2DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A49CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A49CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CAE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CAE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.027 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c6',
    500: '#a49cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cae;
$custom-light: #bfb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.02735,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CAE

secondary

#D3D6D0

accent

#945176

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CAE

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

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