#A49490#A49490

#A49490 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.020 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49490
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(12, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 5.22, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 6.74, 39.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0165 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.02 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9334, 31.0865, 30.7509)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49490 #90A0A4

analogous

#A49096 #A49490 #A49E90

triadic

#A49490 #90A494 #9490A4

tetradic

#A49490 #96A490 #90A0A4 #9E90A4

square

#A49490 #96A490 #90A0A4 #9E90A4

split-complementary

#A49490 #90A49E #9096A4

monochromatic

#665754 #88746F #A49490 #C0B4B2 #DBD5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A49490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A49490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49490

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49490	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.020 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3b0',
    500: '#a49490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49490;
$custom-light: #bfb3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 9.901,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6794,
    "c": 0.02001,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49490

secondary

#C4CACC

accent

#879452

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49490

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

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