#A49CB6#A49CB6

#A49CB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.038 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CB6
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 8.03, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 14.77, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0189 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.038 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6402, 35.0468, 49.1340)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CB6 #AEB69C

analogous

#9CA1B6 #A49CB6 #B19CB6

triadic

#A49CB6 #B6A49C #9CB6A4

tetradic

#A49CB6 #B69CA1 #AEB69C #9CB6B1

square

#A49CB6 #B69CA1 #AEB69C #9CB6B1

split-complementary

#A49CB6 #B6B19C #A1B69C

monochromatic

#665C7C #84799C #A49CB6 #C4BFD0 #E5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A49CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CB6

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CB6	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.038 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9cb',
    500: '#a49cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cb6;
$custom-light: #bfb9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70807,
    "c": 0.03841,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CB6

secondary

#D9DBD3

accent

#994C82

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CB6

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

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