#A49C96#A49C96

#A49C96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.013 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C96
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(26, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 1.83, 4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 4.56, 66.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0065 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.013 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7027, 33.8718, 33.6634)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C96 #969EA4

analogous

#A49697 #A49C96 #A4A396

triadic

#A49C96 #96A49C #9C96A4

tetradic

#A49C96 #97A496 #969EA4 #A396A4

square

#A49C96 #97A496 #969EA4 #A396A4

split-complementary

#A49C96 #96A4A3 #9697A4

monochromatic

#675F59 #877D75 #A49C96 #C0BBB7 #DDDAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A49C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A49C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C96

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C96	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.013 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9b4',
    500: '#a49c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c96;
$custom-light: #bfb9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69778,
    "c": 0.01278,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C96

secondary

#C8CBCE

accent

#779154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C96

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

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