#A49CB4#A49CB4

#A49CB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.036 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CB4
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 7.61, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 13.69, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0182 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.036 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4350, 34.9647, 48.0532)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CB4 #ACB49C

analogous

#9CA0B4 #A49CB4 #B09CB4

triadic

#A49CB4 #B4A49C #9CB4A4

tetradic

#A49CB4 #B49CA0 #ACB49C #9CB4B0

square

#A49CB4 #B49CA0 #ACB49C #9CB4B0

split-complementary

#A49CB4 #B4B09C #A0B49C

monochromatic

#665C7A #84799A #A49CB4 #C4BFCE #E4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A49CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A49CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CB4

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CB4	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.036 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9ca',
    500: '#a49cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cb4;
$custom-light: #bfb9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.03561,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CB4

secondary

#D7DAD2

accent

#984E7F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CB4

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

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