#A49CA2#A49CA2

#A49CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.013 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CA2
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(315, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(315, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 4.03, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 4.54, 332.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0113 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.013 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7189, 34.2783, 39.0154)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CA2 #9CA49E

analogous

#A29CA4 #A49CA2 #A49C9E

triadic

#A49CA2 #A2A49C #9CA2A4

tetradic

#A49CA2 #A4A29C #9CA49E #9C9EA4

square

#A49CA2 #A4A29C #9CA49E #9C9EA4

split-complementary

#A49CA2 #9EA49C #9CA4A2

monochromatic

#675F65 #877C84 #A49CA2 #C1BCC0 #DFDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A49CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A49CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CA2

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CA2	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.013 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9bd',
    500: '#a49ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ca2;
$custom-light: #bfb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70137,
    "c": 0.0126,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CA2

secondary

#CCCFCD

accent

#8E6557

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CA2

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

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