#A49CA3#A49CA3

#A49CA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.014 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CA3
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(308, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 4.22, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 4.96, 328.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0117 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.014 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8082, 34.3140, 39.4854)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CA3 #9CA49D

analogous

#A19CA4 #A49CA3 #A49C9F

triadic

#A49CA3 #A3A49C #9CA3A4

tetradic

#A49CA3 #A4A19C #9CA49D #9C9FA4

square

#A49CA3 #A4A19C #9CA49D #9C9FA4

split-complementary

#A49CA3 #9FA49C #9CA4A1

monochromatic

#675F66 #877C85 #A49CA3 #C1BCC1 #DFDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A49CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A49CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CA3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CA3	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)

#9C9EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.014 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9be',
    500: '#a49ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ca3;
$custom-light: #bfb9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 4.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70168,
    "c": 0.01359,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CA3

secondary

#CCCFCD

accent

#8E5E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CA3

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

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