#A49FBB#A49FBB

#A49FBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.041 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49FBB
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(251, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 7.42, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 15.64, 298.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0162 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.041 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6758, 36.2765, 52.0739)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49FBB #B6BB9F

analogous

#9FA8BB #A49FBB #B29FBB

triadic

#A49FBB #BBA49F #9FBBA4

tetradic

#A49FBB #BB9FA8 #B6BB9F #9FBBB2

square

#A49FBB #BB9FA8 #B6BB9F #9FBBB2

split-complementary

#A49FBB #BBB29F #A8BB9F

monochromatic

#645D83 #827BA2 #A49FBB #C6C3D4 #E8E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A49FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A49FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49FBB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49FBB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.041 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbbcf',
    500: '#a49fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49fbb;
$custom-light: #bfbbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.04062,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49FBB

secondary

#DEDFD7

accent

#9B4A8D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49FBB

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

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