#A49EC2#A49EC2

#A49EC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.052 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EC2
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(250, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 9.49, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 20.09, 298.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0201 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.052 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2722, 36.2410, 56.0601)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EC2 #BCC29E

analogous

#9EAAC2 #A49EC2 #B69EC2

triadic

#A49EC2 #C2A49E #9EC2A4

tetradic

#A49EC2 #C29EAA #BCC29E #9EC2B6

square

#A49EC2 #C29EAA #BCC29E #9EC2B6

split-complementary

#A49EC2 #C2B69E #AAC29E

monochromatic

#61598D #8178AA #A49EC2 #C7C4DA #EAE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A49EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A49EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EC2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EC2	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.052 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbad4',
    500: '#a49ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ec2;
$custom-light: #bfbad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.05219,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EC2

secondary

#E1E3D9

accent

#A14492

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EC2

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

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