#A49596#A49596

#A49596 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.018 H 13.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49596
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(356, 8%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 5.71, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 5.90, 14.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0174 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.018 13)
XYZ	xyz(31.5618, 31.5899, 33.2831)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49596 #95A4A3

analogous

#A4959E #A49596 #A49C95

triadic

#A49596 #96A495 #9596A4

tetradic

#A49596 #9EA495 #95A4A3 #9C95A4

square

#A49596 #9EA495 #95A4A3 #9C95A4

split-complementary

#A49596 #95A49C #959EA4

monochromatic

#675859 #877476 #A49596 #C0B6B7 #DDD7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A49596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49596

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49596	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.018 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4b4',
    500: '#a49596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49596;
$custom-light: #bfb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 7.614,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68322,
    "c": 0.01786,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.31589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49596

secondary

#C8CDCD

accent

#928D54

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49596

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

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