#A49DE5#A49DE5

#A49DE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49DE5
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 229)
HSL	hsl(246, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 18.26, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 39.86, 297.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.032 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.103 288)
XYZ	xyz(41.5061, 37.6627, 79.1964)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49DE5 #DEE59D

analogous

#9DBAE5 #A49DE5 #C89DE5

triadic

#A49DE5 #E5A49D #9DE5A4

tetradic

#A49DE5 #E59DBA #DEE59D #9DE5C8

square

#A49DE5 #E59DBA #DEE59D #9DE5C8

split-complementary

#A49DE5 #E5C89D #BAE59D

monochromatic

#4A3CCB #776DD8 #A49DE5 #D1CDF2 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A49DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A49DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49DE5

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49DE5	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9ed',
    500: '#a49de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49de5;
$custom-light: #c0b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72916,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.37664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49DE5

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C620B6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49DE5

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

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