#A1979E#A1979E

#A1979E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.015 H 336.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1979E
RGB	rgb(161, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(318, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(318, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 1.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 4.97, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 5.50, 334.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0141 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.015 336.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9352, 32.1792, 36.8700)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1979E #97A19A

analogous

#9F97A1 #A1979E #A19799

triadic

#A1979E #9EA197 #979EA1

tetradic

#A1979E #A19F97 #97A19A #9799A1

square

#A1979E #A19F97 #97A19A #9799A1

split-complementary

#A1979E #99A197 #97A19F

monochromatic

#645A61 #847780 #A1979E #BEB7BC #DBD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A1979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A1979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1979E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1979E	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.015 336.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb5ba',
    500: '#a1979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1979e;
$custom-light: #bcb5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 5.051,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68714,
    "c": 0.01536,
    "h": 336.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1979E

secondary

#C8CCC9

accent

#8F6757

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1979E

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

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