#A49EA5#A49EA5

#A49EA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.012 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA5
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(291, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(291, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 3.49, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 4.52, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0095 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.012 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3272, 35.0630, 40.5494)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA5 #9FA59E

analogous

#A09EA5 #A49EA5 #A59EA2

triadic

#A49EA5 #A5A49E #9EA5A4

tetradic

#A49EA5 #A5A09E #9FA59E #9EA2A5

square

#A49EA5 #A5A09E #9FA59E #9EA2A5

split-complementary

#A49EA5 #A2A59E #9EA5A0

monochromatic

#676168 #867E88 #A49EA5 #C2BEC2 #E0DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A49EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA5

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA5	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)

#9D9FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.012 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabf',
    500: '#a49ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea5;
$custom-light: #bfbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 3.743,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.01213,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA5

secondary

#CFD1CE

accent

#8E5860

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA5

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

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