#A49DCD#A49DCD

#A49DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.069 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49DCD
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 12.53, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 26.74, 297.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0252 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.069 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3837, 36.4138, 62.7521)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49DCD #C6CD9D

analogous

#9DAECD #A49DCD #BC9DCD

triadic

#A49DCD #CDA49D #9DCDA4

tetradic

#A49DCD #CD9DAE #C6CD9D #9DCDBC

square

#A49DCD #CD9DAE #C6CD9D #9DCDBC

split-complementary

#A49DCD #CDBC9D #AECD9D

monochromatic

#5C519F #7E74B8 #A49DCD #CAC6E2 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A49DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#A49DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49DCD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49DCD	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.069 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9dc',
    500: '#a49dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49dcd;
$custom-light: #bfb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49DCD

secondary

#E7E9DD

accent

#AB3A9B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49DCD

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

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