#A49ECD#A49ECD

#A49ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.068 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49ECD
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(248, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 11.97, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 26.13, 297.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0237 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.068 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5536, 36.7536, 62.8087)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49ECD #C7CD9E

analogous

#9EAFCD #A49ECD #BB9ECD

triadic

#A49ECD #CDA49E #9ECDA4

tetradic

#A49ECD #CD9EAF #C7CD9E #9ECDBB

square

#A49ECD #CD9EAF #C7CD9E #9ECDBB

split-complementary

#A49ECD #CDBB9E #AFCD9E

monochromatic

#5C529F #7E76B8 #A49ECD #CAC6E2 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A49ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A49ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49ECD

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49ECD	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.068 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbadc',
    500: '#a49ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ecd;
$custom-light: #bfbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.66,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72083,
    "c": 0.0679,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49ECD

secondary

#E8EADD

accent

#AB3B9C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49ECD

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

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