#A49E96#A49E96

#A49E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.013 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E96
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(34, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 0.72, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 5.00, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0034 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.013 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0411, 34.5486, 33.7762)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E96 #969CA4

analogous

#A49796 #A49E96 #A3A496

triadic

#A49E96 #96A49E #9E96A4

tetradic

#A49E96 #96A497 #969CA4 #A496A3

square

#A49E96 #96A497 #969CA4 #A496A3

split-complementary

#A49E96 #96A3A4 #9796A4

monochromatic

#676159 #878075 #A49E96 #C0BCB7 #DDDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A49E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A49E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E96

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E96	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A09E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.013 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbab4',
    500: '#a49e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e96;
$custom-light: #bfbab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70198,
    "c": 0.01345,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E96

secondary

#C8CBCE

accent

#6E9154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E96

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

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