#A49CD2#A49CD2

#A49CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.078 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CD2
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(249, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 14.25, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 30.09, 298.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0281 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.078 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8284, 36.3221, 65.9255)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CD2 #CAD29C

analogous

#9CAFD2 #A49CD2 #BF9CD2

triadic

#A49CD2 #D2A49C #9CD2A4

tetradic

#A49CD2 #D29CAF #CAD29C #9CD2BF

square

#A49CD2 #D29CAF #CAD29C #9CD2BF

split-complementary

#A49CD2 #D2BF9C #AFD29C

monochromatic

#5A4CA7 #7D72BF #A49CD2 #CBC6E5 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A49CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A49CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CD2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CD2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.078 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9e0',
    500: '#a49cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cd2;
$custom-light: #bfb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CD2

secondary

#EAECDE

accent

#B0359E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CD2

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

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