#A49696#A49696

#A49696 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.017 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49696
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 5.15, 1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 5.48, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0158 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.017 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7207, 31.9077, 33.3360)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49696 #96A4A4

analogous

#A4969D #A49696 #A49D96

triadic

#A49696 #96A496 #9696A4

tetradic

#A49696 #9DA496 #96A4A4 #9D96A4

square

#A49696 #9DA496 #96A4A4 #9D96A4

split-complementary

#A49696 #96A49D #969DA4

monochromatic

#675959 #877575 #A49696 #C0B7B7 #DDD8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A49696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A49696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49696

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49696	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.017 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4b4',
    500: '#a49696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49696;
$custom-light: #bfb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68529,
    "c": 0.0166,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49696

secondary

#C8CECE

accent

#919154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49696

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

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