#A496A0#A496A0

#A496A0 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.022 H 335.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A496A0
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 160)
HSL	hsl(317, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(317, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, 6.99, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 7.76, 334.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0198 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.022 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5605, 32.2436, 37.7592)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A496A0 #96A49A

analogous

#A196A4 #A496A0 #A49699

triadic

#A496A0 #A0A496 #96A0A4

tetradic

#A496A0 #A4A196 #96A49A #9699A4

square

#A496A0 #A4A196 #96A49A #9699A4

split-complementary

#A496A0 #99A496 #96A4A1

monochromatic

#675963 #877582 #A496A0 #C0B7BE #DDD8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A496A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A496A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A496A0

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A496A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A496A0	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a496a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.022 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4bc',
    500: '#a496a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a496a0;
$custom-light: #bfb4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a496a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68837,
    "c": 0.0217,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A496A0

secondary

#C8CECA

accent

#916654

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A496A0

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

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