#A49494#A49494

#A49494 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.019 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49494
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 148)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 9.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 5.92, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 6.30, 20.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0182 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.019 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2446, 31.2110, 32.3896)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49494 #94A4A4

analogous

#A4949C #A49494 #A49C94

triadic

#A49494 #94A494 #9494A4

tetradic

#A49494 #9CA494 #94A4A4 #9C94A4

square

#A49494 #9CA494 #94A4A4 #9C94A4

split-complementary

#A49494 #94A49C #949CA4

monochromatic

#665757 #887373 #A49494 #C0B5B5 #DCD6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A49494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49494

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49494	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.019 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb3b3',
    500: '#a49494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49494;
$custom-light: #bfb3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.081,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.01905,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49494

secondary

#C7CDCD

accent

#929253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49494

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

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