#A49CBA#A49CBA

#A49CBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.044 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CBA
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(256, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 8.88, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 16.95, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0203 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.044 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0595, 35.2145, 51.3422)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CBA #B2BA9C

analogous

#9CA3BA #A49CBA #B39CBA

triadic

#A49CBA #BAA49C #9CBAA4

tetradic

#A49CBA #BA9CA3 #B2BA9C #9CBAB3

square

#A49CBA #BA9CA3 #B2BA9C #9CBAB3

split-complementary

#A49CBA #BAB39C #A3BA9C

monochromatic

#655A81 #8378A1 #A49CBA #C5C0D3 #E6E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A49CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A49CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CBA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CBA	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.044 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9ce',
    500: '#a49cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cba;
$custom-light: #bfb9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.04403,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CBA

secondary

#DBDED4

accent

#9C4986

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CBA

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

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