#A49EDD#A49EDD

#A49EDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.091 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EDD
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(246, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(246, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 15.74, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 34.89, 296.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0285 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.091 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5846, 37.5660, 73.5053)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EDD #D7DD9E

analogous

#9EB8DD #A49EDD #C49EDD

triadic

#A49EDD #DDA49E #9EDDA4

tetradic

#A49EDD #DD9EB8 #D7DD9E #9EDDC4

square

#A49EDD #DD9EB8 #D7DD9E #9EDDC4

split-complementary

#A49EDD #DDC49E #B8DD9E

monochromatic

#4F43BD #7971CD #A49EDD #CFCBED #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A49EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A49EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EDD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EDD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.091 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bae7',
    500: '#a49edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49edd;
$custom-light: #c0bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EDD

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BB2AAE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EDD

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

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