#A49DB2#A49DB2

#A49DB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.031 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49DB2
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 6.64, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 11.97, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0159 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.031 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4012, 35.2208, 47.0441)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49DB2 #ABB29D

analogous

#9DA0B2 #A49DB2 #AE9DB2

triadic

#A49DB2 #B2A49D #9DB2A4

tetradic

#A49DB2 #B29DA0 #ABB29D #9DB2AE

square

#A49DB2 #B29DA0 #ABB29D #9DB2AE

split-complementary

#A49DB2 #B2AE9D #A0B29D

monochromatic

#665E77 #847B97 #A49DB2 #C4BFCD #E4E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A49DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A49DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49DB2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49DB2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.031 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c9',
    500: '#a49db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49db2;
$custom-light: #bfb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7087,
    "c": 0.03115,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49DB2

secondary

#D7D9D2

accent

#964F7F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49DB2

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

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