#A49EB2#A49EB2

#A49EB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.029 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EB2
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(258, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 6.09, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 11.34, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0144 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.029 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5711, 35.5605, 47.1007)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EB2 #ACB29E

analogous

#9EA2B2 #A49EB2 #AE9EB2

triadic

#A49EB2 #B2A49E #9EB2A4

tetradic

#A49EB2 #B29EA2 #ACB29E #9EB2AE

square

#A49EB2 #B29EA2 #ACB29E #9EB2AE

split-complementary

#A49EB2 #B2AE9E #A2B29E

monochromatic

#665F77 #847C97 #A49EB2 #C4C0CD #E4E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A49EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A49EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EB2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EB2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.029 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac9',
    500: '#a49eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49eb2;
$custom-light: #bfbac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 11.494,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71075,
    "c": 0.02947,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EB2

secondary

#D7D9D3

accent

#965081

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EB2

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

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