#A49EA2#A49EA2

#A49EA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA2
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(320, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(320, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 2.92, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 3.20, 335.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0083 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0573, 34.9550, 39.1282)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA2 #9EA4A0

analogous

#A39EA4 #A49EA2 #A49E9F

triadic

#A49EA2 #A2A49E #9EA2A4

tetradic

#A49EA2 #A4A39E #9EA4A0 #9E9FA4

square

#A49EA2 #A4A39E #9EA4A0 #9E9FA4

split-complementary

#A49EA2 #9FA49E #9EA4A3

monochromatic

#676165 #867E84 #A49EA2 #C2BEC0 #DFDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A49EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A49EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA2

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA2	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabd',
    500: '#a49ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea2;
$custom-light: #bfbabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70553,
    "c": 0.00896,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA2

secondary

#CED0CF

accent

#8D6A59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA2

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

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