#A49EAD#A49EAD

#A49EAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.023 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EAD
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(264, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 5.07, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 8.64, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0126 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.023 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0782, 35.3634, 44.5049)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EAD #A7AD9E

analogous

#9EA0AD #A49EAD #AC9EAD

triadic

#A49EAD #ADA49E #9EADA4

tetradic

#A49EAD #AD9EA0 #A7AD9E #9EADAC

square

#A49EAD #AD9EA0 #A7AD9E #9EADAC

split-complementary

#A49EAD #ADAC9E #A0AD9E

monochromatic

#676071 #857D91 #A49EAD #C3BFC9 #E2E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A49EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A49EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EAD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EAD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.023 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac5',
    500: '#a49ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ead;
$custom-light: #bfbac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 8.38,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.02253,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EAD

secondary

#D4D6D1

accent

#925379

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EAD

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

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