#A49CE4#A49CE4

#A49CE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CE4
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 228)
HSL	hsl(247, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 18.58, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 39.92, 297.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0331 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.104 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1984, 37.2701, 78.4070)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CE4 #DCE49C

analogous

#9CB8E4 #A49CE4 #C89CE4

triadic

#A49CE4 #E4A49C #9CE4A4

tetradic

#A49CE4 #E49CB8 #DCE49C #9CE4C8

square

#A49CE4 #E49CB8 #DCE49C #9CE4C8

split-complementary

#A49CE4 #E4C89C #B8E49C

monochromatic

#4C3CCA #786CD7 #A49CE4 #D0CCF1 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A49CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A49CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CE4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CE4	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9ec',
    500: '#a49ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ce4;
$custom-light: #c0b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CE4

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C521B2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CE4

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

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