#A49CE2#A49CE2

#A49CE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CE2
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(247, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 18.08, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 38.83, 297.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0326 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.101 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9223, 37.1596, 76.9533)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CE2 #DAE29C

analogous

#9CB7E2 #A49CE2 #C79CE2

triadic

#A49CE2 #E2A49C #9CE2A4

tetradic

#A49CE2 #E29CB7 #DAE29C #9CE2C7

square

#A49CE2 #E29CB7 #DAE29C #9CE2C7

split-complementary

#A49CE2 #E2C79C #B7E29C

monochromatic

#4D3DC6 #786DD4 #A49CE2 #D0CBF0 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A49CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A49CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CE2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CE2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9eb',
    500: '#a49ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ce2;
$custom-light: #c0b9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.857,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CE2

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C223B0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CE2

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

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