#A498A4#A498A4

#A498A4 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.022 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A498A4
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 6.64, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 8.12, 324.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0183 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.022 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2379, 33.0296, 39.7391)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A498A4 #98A498

analogous

#9E98A4 #A498A4 #A4989E

triadic

#A498A4 #A4A498 #98A4A4

tetradic

#A498A4 #A49E98 #98A498 #989EA4

square

#A498A4 #A49E98 #98A498 #989EA4

split-complementary

#A498A4 #9EA498 #98A49E

monochromatic

#675B67 #877887 #A498A4 #C1B8C1 #DDD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A498A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A498A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A498A4

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A498A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A498A4	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a498a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.022 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb6bf',
    500: '#a498a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a498a4;
$custom-light: #bfb6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a498a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.186,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69376,
    "c": 0.02207,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A498A4

secondary

#CACECA

accent

#905555

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A498A4

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

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