#A49EA8#A49EA8

#A49EA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA8
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(276, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 4.08, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 6.01, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0106 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6034, 35.1735, 42.0044)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA8 #A2A89E

analogous

#9F9EA8 #A49EA8 #A89EA7

triadic

#A49EA8 #A8A49E #9EA8A4

tetradic

#A49EA8 #A89F9E #A2A89E #9EA7A8

square

#A49EA8 #A89F9E #A2A89E #9EA7A8

split-complementary

#A49EA8 #A7A89E #9EA89F

monochromatic

#67606B #867E8B #A49EA8 #C2BEC5 #E1DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A49EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A49EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA8	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac1',
    500: '#a49ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea8;
$custom-light: #bfbac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.01584,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA8

secondary

#D1D3CF

accent

#8F566D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA8

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

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