#A49CBC#A49CBC

#A49CBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.047 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CBC
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 9.31, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 18.04, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.021 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.047 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2736, 35.3001, 52.4698)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CBC #B4BC9C

analogous

#9CA4BC #A49CBC #B49CBC

triadic

#A49CBC #BCA49C #9CBCA4

tetradic

#A49CBC #BC9CA4 #B4BC9C #9CBCB4

square

#A49CBC #BC9CA4 #B4BC9C #9CBCB4

split-complementary

#A49CBC #BCB49C #A4BC9C

monochromatic

#645984 #8278A3 #A49CBC #C6C0D5 #E7E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A49CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A49CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CBC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CBC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.047 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9d0',
    500: '#a49cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cbc;
$custom-light: #bfb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.04685,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CBC

secondary

#DCDFD5

accent

#9E4888

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CBC

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

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