#A49EC0#A49EC0

#A49EC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.049 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EC0
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(251, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 9.06, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 18.99, 298.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0194 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.049 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0491, 36.1518, 54.8851)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EC0 #BAC09E

analogous

#9EA9C0 #A49EC0 #B59EC0

triadic

#A49EC0 #C0A49E #9EC0A4

tetradic

#A49EC0 #C09EA9 #BAC09E #9EC0B5

square

#A49EC0 #C09EA9 #BAC09E #9EC0B5

split-complementary

#A49EC0 #C0B59E #A9C09E

monochromatic

#625A8A #8179A8 #A49EC0 #C7C3D8 #EAE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A49EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A49EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EC0

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EC0	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.049 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbad3',
    500: '#a49ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ec0;
$custom-light: #bfbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71578,
    "c": 0.04934,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EC0

secondary

#E0E2D8

accent

#A04690

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EC0

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

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