#A49EA9#A49EA9

#A49EA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.017 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49EA9
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(273, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 4.27, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 6.53, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.011 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.017 310)
XYZ	xyz(34.6969, 35.2109, 42.4969)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49EA9 #A3A99E

analogous

#9F9EA9 #A49EA9 #A99EA9

triadic

#A49EA9 #A9A49E #9EA9A4

tetradic

#A49EA9 #A99F9E #A3A99E #9EA9A9

square

#A49EA9 #A99F9E #A3A99E #9EA9A9

split-complementary

#A49EA9 #A9A99E #9EA99F

monochromatic

#67606C #867E8C #A49EA9 #C2BEC6 #E1DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A49EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A49EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49EA9

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49EA9	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.017 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac2',
    500: '#a49ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ea9;
$custom-light: #bfbac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 6.011,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.01715,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.35211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49EA9

secondary

#D1D3CF

accent

#905670

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49EA9

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

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