#A49CD0#A49CD0

#A49CD0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.075 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CD0
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(249, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(249, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 13.79, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 28.99, 298.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0275 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.075 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5808, 36.2231, 64.6214)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CD0 #C8D09C

analogous

#9CAED0 #A49CD0 #BE9CD0

triadic

#A49CD0 #D0A49C #9CD0A4

tetradic

#A49CD0 #D09CAE #C8D09C #9CD0BE

square

#A49CD0 #D09CAE #C8D09C #9CD0BE

split-complementary

#A49CD0 #D0BE9C #AED09C

monochromatic

#5B4EA4 #7E73BC #A49CD0 #CAC6E4 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A49CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A49CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CD0

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CD0	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.075 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9de',
    500: '#a49cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cd0;
$custom-light: #bfb9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CD0

secondary

#E9EBDD

accent

#AE379C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CD0

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

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