#A49EBA#A49EBA

#A49EBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.041 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EBA
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(253, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 7.76, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 15.70, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0173 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.041 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3978, 35.8912, 51.4550)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EBA #B4BA9E

analogous

#9EA6BA #A49EBA #B29EBA

triadic

#A49EBA #BAA49E #9EBAA4

tetradic

#A49EBA #BA9EA6 #B4BA9E #9EBAB2

square

#A49EBA #BA9EA6 #B4BA9E #9EBAB2

split-complementary

#A49EBA #BAB29E #A6BA9E

monochromatic

#645C81 #827AA1 #A49EBA #C6C2D3 #E7E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A49EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A49EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EBA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EBA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.041 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbace',
    500: '#a49eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49eba;
$custom-light: #bfbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71357,
    "c": 0.04078,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EBA

secondary

#DCDED6

accent

#9B4A8A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EBA

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

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