#A49CDB#A49CDB

#A49CDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.091 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CDB
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(248, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(248, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 16.39, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 35.01, 297.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0307 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.091 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9814, 36.7833, 71.9975)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CDB #D3DB9C

analogous

#9CB3DB #A49CDB #C39CDB

triadic

#A49CDB #DBA49C #9CDBA4

tetradic

#A49CDB #DB9CB3 #D3DB9C #9CDBC3

square

#A49CDB #DB9CB3 #D3DB9C #9CDBC3

split-complementary

#A49CDB #DBC39C #B3DB9C

monochromatic

#5243B9 #7B6FCB #A49CDB #CDC9EB #EAE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A49CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A49CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CDB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CDB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.091 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9e6',
    500: '#a49cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49cdb;
$custom-light: #c0b9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.619,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CDB

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BA2CA8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CDB

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

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