#A49EA4#A49EA4

#A49EA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA4
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 3.30, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 4.05, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0091 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2365, 35.0267, 40.0720)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA4 #9EA49E

analogous

#A19EA4 #A49EA4 #A49EA1

triadic

#A49EA4 #A4A49E #9EA4A4

tetradic

#A49EA4 #A4A19E #9EA49E #9EA1A4

square

#A49EA4 #A4A19E #9EA49E #9EA1A4

split-complementary

#A49EA4 #A1A49E #9EA4A1

monochromatic

#676167 #867E86 #A49EA4 #C2BEC2 #DFDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A49EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA4

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA4	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabf',
    500: '#a49ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea4;
$custom-light: #bfbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70615,
    "c": 0.01099,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA4

secondary

#CED0CE

accent

#8D5959

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA4

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

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