#A49EBC#A49EBC

#A49EBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.044 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EBC
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(252, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 8.19, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 16.80, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0181 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.044 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6119, 35.9769, 52.5826)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EBC #B6BC9E

analogous

#9EA7BC #A49EBC #B39EBC

triadic

#A49EBC #BCA49E #9EBCA4

tetradic

#A49EBC #BC9EA7 #B6BC9E #9EBCB3

square

#A49EBC #BC9EA7 #B6BC9E #9EBCB3

split-complementary

#A49EBC #BCB39E #A7BC9E

monochromatic

#645B84 #827AA3 #A49EBC #C6C2D5 #E8E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A49EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A49EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EBC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EBC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.044 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbad0',
    500: '#a49ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ebc;
$custom-light: #bfbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.04363,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EBC

secondary

#DEE0D6

accent

#9D498C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EBC

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

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