#A49DAD#A49DAD

#A49DAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.024 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49DAD
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 5.62, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 9.28, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0141 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.024 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9083, 35.0236, 44.4483)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49DAD #A6AD9D

analogous

#9D9EAD #A49DAD #AC9DAD

triadic

#A49DAD #ADA49D #9DADA4

tetradic

#A49DAD #AD9D9E #A6AD9D #9DADAC

square

#A49DAD #AD9D9E #A6AD9D #9DADAC

split-complementary

#A49DAD #ADAC9D #9EAD9D

monochromatic

#675F71 #857C91 #A49DAD #C3BEC9 #E2E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A49DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49DAD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49DAD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.024 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c5',
    500: '#a49dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49dad;
$custom-light: #bfb9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.707,
    "c": 0.02426,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49DAD

secondary

#D3D6D0

accent

#935377

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49DAD

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

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