#A49EA6#A49EA6

#A49EA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA6
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(285, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 3.69, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 5.00, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0099 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4185, 35.0995, 41.0307)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA6 #A0A69E

analogous

#A09EA6 #A49EA6 #A69EA4

triadic

#A49EA6 #A6A49E #9EA6A4

tetradic

#A49EA6 #A6A09E #A0A69E #9EA4A6

square

#A49EA6 #A6A09E #A0A69E #9EA4A6

split-complementary

#A49EA6 #A4A69E #9EA6A0

monochromatic

#676069 #867E89 #A49EA6 #C2BEC3 #E0DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A49EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A49EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA6

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA6	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac0',
    500: '#a49ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea6;
$custom-light: #bfbac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 4.301,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70678,
    "c": 0.01332,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA6

secondary

#CFD1CE

accent

#8E5765

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA6

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

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