#A49EA3#A49EA3

#A49EA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.010 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA3
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(310, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(310, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 3.11, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 3.61, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0087 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.01 331)
XYZ	xyz(34.1465, 34.9907, 39.5982)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA3 #9EA49F

analogous

#A29EA4 #A49EA3 #A49EA0

triadic

#A49EA3 #A3A49E #9EA3A4

tetradic

#A49EA3 #A4A29E #9EA49F #9EA0A4

square

#A49EA3 #A4A29E #9EA49F #9EA0A4

split-complementary

#A49EA3 #A0A49E #9EA4A2

monochromatic

#676166 #867E85 #A49EA3 #C2BEC1 #DFDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A49EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A49EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA3

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA3	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.010 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabe',
    500: '#a49ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea3;
$custom-light: #bfbabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70584,
    "c": 0.00992,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.34991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA3

secondary

#CED0CE

accent

#8D6159

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA3

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

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