#A49CD4#A49CD4

#A49CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.081 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CD4
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(249, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 14.72, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 31.18, 298.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0287 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.081 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0792, 36.4224, 67.2459)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CD4 #CCD49C

analogous

#9CB0D4 #A49CD4 #C09CD4

triadic

#A49CD4 #D4A49C #9CD4A4

tetradic

#A49CD4 #D49CB0 #CCD49C #9CD4C0

square

#A49CD4 #D49CB0 #CCD49C #9CD4C0

split-complementary

#A49CD4 #D4C09C #B0D49C

monochromatic

#584AAB #7D71C1 #A49CD4 #CBC7E7 #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A49CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#A49CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CD4

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CD4	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.081 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9e1',
    500: '#a49cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cd4;
$custom-light: #bfb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71975,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CD4

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B233A0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CD4

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

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