#A49CB8#A49CB8

#A49CB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.041 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CB8
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 8.45, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 15.86, 302.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0196 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.041 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8483, 35.1301, 50.2303)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CB8 #B0B89C

analogous

#9CA2B8 #A49CB8 #B29CB8

triadic

#A49CB8 #B8A49C #9CB8A4

tetradic

#A49CB8 #B89CA2 #B0B89C #9CB8B2

square

#A49CB8 #B89CA2 #B0B89C #9CB8B2

split-complementary

#A49CB8 #B8B29C #A2B89C

monochromatic

#655B7F #83789E #A49CB8 #C5C0D2 #E6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A49CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CB8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CB8	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.041 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9cd',
    500: '#a49cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cb8;
$custom-light: #bfb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.04121,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CB8

secondary

#DADCD3

accent

#9B4B84

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CB8

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

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