#A49BA2#A49BA2

#A49BA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.014 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49BA2
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(313, 5%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(313, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 4.58, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 5.21, 331.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0129 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.014 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5518, 33.9441, 38.9597)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49BA2 #9BA49D

analogous

#A19BA4 #A49BA2 #A49B9E

triadic

#A49BA2 #A2A49B #9BA2A4

tetradic

#A49BA2 #A4A19B #9BA49D #9B9EA4

square

#A49BA2 #A4A19B #9BA49D #9B9EA4

split-complementary

#A49BA2 #9EA49B #9BA4A1

monochromatic

#675E65 #877B84 #A49BA2 #C1BBC0 #DEDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A49BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A49BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49BA2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49BA2	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.014 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb8bd',
    500: '#a49ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ba2;
$custom-light: #bfb8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.333,
    "s": 4.712,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6993,
    "c": 0.01443,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49BA2

secondary

#CCCFCC

accent

#8F6357

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49BA2

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

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