#A49CAA#A49CAA

#A49CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.022 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CAA
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(274, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(274, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 5.58, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 8.37, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0145 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.022 311)
XYZ	xyz(34.4528, 34.5718, 42.8804)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CAA #A2AA9C

analogous

#9D9CAA #A49CAA #AA9CA9

triadic

#A49CAA #AAA49C #9CAAA4

tetradic

#A49CAA #AA9D9C #A2AA9C #9CA9AA

square

#A49CAA #AA9D9C #A2AA9C #9CA9AA

split-complementary

#A49CAA #A9AA9C #9CAA9D

monochromatic

#675E6E #867B8E #A49CAA #C2BDC6 #E1DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A49CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A49CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CAA

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CAA	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.022 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9c3',
    500: '#a49caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49caa;
$custom-light: #bfb9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70394,
    "c": 0.02202,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.34572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CAA

secondary

#D1D3CE

accent

#92546E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CAA

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

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