#A49EA1#A49EA1

#A49EA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.008 H 345.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA1
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(330, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(330, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 1.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 2.73, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 2.84, 343.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0079 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.008 345.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9688, 34.9196, 38.6619)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA1 #9EA4A1

analogous

#A49EA4 #A49EA1 #A49E9E

triadic

#A49EA1 #A1A49E #9EA1A4

tetradic

#A49EA1 #A4A49E #9EA4A1 #9E9EA4

square

#A49EA1 #A4A49E #9EA4A1 #9E9EA4

split-complementary

#A49EA1 #9EA49E #9EA4A4

monochromatic

#676164 #867E82 #A49EA1 #C2BEC0 #DFDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A49EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A49EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA1

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA1	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)

#9E9FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.008 345.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabc',
    500: '#a49ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea1;
$custom-light: #bfbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.00814,
    "h": 345.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA1

secondary

#CED0CF

accent

#8D7359

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA1

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

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