#A49CA7#A49CA7

#A49CA7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.018 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CA7
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(284, 6%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 7%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 4.99, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 6.84, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0133 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.018 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1722, 34.4596, 41.4029)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CA7 #9FA79C

analogous

#9E9CA7 #A49CA7 #A79CA4

triadic

#A49CA7 #A7A49C #9CA7A4

tetradic

#A49CA7 #A79E9C #9FA79C #9CA4A7

square

#A49CA7 #A79E9C #9FA79C #9CA4A7

split-complementary

#A49CA7 #A4A79C #9CA79E

monochromatic

#675E6A #867C8A #A49CA7 #C2BCC4 #E0DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A49CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A49CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CA7

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CA7	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.018 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c1',
    500: '#a49ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ca7;
$custom-light: #bfb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.0182,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CA7

secondary

#CFD1CD

accent

#905666

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CA7

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

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