#A49EAE#A49EAE

#A49EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.024 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EAE
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(263, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 5.27, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 9.17, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0129 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.024 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1753, 35.4022, 45.0164)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EAE #A8AE9E

analogous

#9EA0AE #A49EAE #AC9EAE

triadic

#A49EAE #AEA49E #9EAEA4

tetradic

#A49EAE #AE9EA0 #A8AE9E #9EAEAC

square

#A49EAE #AE9EA0 #A8AE9E #9EAEAC

split-complementary

#A49EAE #AEAC9E #A0AE9E

monochromatic

#665F72 #857D92 #A49EAE #C3BFCA #E3E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A49EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A49EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EAE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EAE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.024 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac6',
    500: '#a49eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49eae;
$custom-light: #bfbac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.02391,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EAE

secondary

#D5D7D1

accent

#93537B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EAE

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

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