#A49EA0#A49EA0

#A49EA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.008 H 354.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA0
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(340, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(340, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 2.54, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 2.56, 354.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0075 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.008 354.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8809, 34.8845, 38.1994)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA0 #9EA4A2

analogous

#A49EA3 #A49EA0 #A49F9E

triadic

#A49EA0 #A0A49E #9EA0A4

tetradic

#A49EA0 #A3A49E #9EA4A2 #9F9EA4

square

#A49EA0 #A3A49E #9EA4A2 #9F9EA4

split-complementary

#A49EA0 #9EA49F #9EA3A4

monochromatic

#676163 #867E81 #A49EA0 #C2BEBF #DFDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A49EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A49EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA0

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA0	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.008 354.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabc',
    500: '#a49ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea0;
$custom-light: #bfbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.00751,
    "h": 354.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA0

secondary

#CED0CF

accent

#8D7B59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA0

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

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