#A49CB2#A49CB2

#A49CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.033 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CB2
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(262, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 7.20, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 12.61, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0174 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.033 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2327, 34.8838, 46.9880)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CB2 #AAB29C

analogous

#9C9FB2 #A49CB2 #AF9CB2

triadic

#A49CB2 #B2A49C #9CB2A4

tetradic

#A49CB2 #B29C9F #AAB29C #9CB2AF

square

#A49CB2 #B29C9F #AAB29C #9CB2AF

split-complementary

#A49CB2 #B2AF9C #9FB29C

monochromatic

#665D77 #847A97 #A49CB2 #C4BECD #E3E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A49CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A49CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CB2

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CB2	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.033 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c9',
    500: '#a49cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cb2;
$custom-light: #bfb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.03283,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CB2

secondary

#D6D9D1

accent

#974F7D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CB2

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

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