#A49FA5#A49FA5

#A49FA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.010 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49FA5
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(290, 3%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(290, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 2.94, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 3.84, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.008 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.01 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4984, 35.4055, 40.6065)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49FA5 #A0A59F

analogous

#A19FA5 #A49FA5 #A59FA3

triadic

#A49FA5 #A5A49F #9FA5A4

tetradic

#A49FA5 #A5A19F #A0A59F #9FA3A5

square

#A49FA5 #A5A19F #A0A59F #9FA3A5

split-complementary

#A49FA5 #A3A59F #9FA5A1

monochromatic

#676268 #867F87 #A49FA5 #C2BFC3 #E0DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A49FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A49FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49FA5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49FA5	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.010 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbbbf',
    500: '#a49fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49fa5;
$custom-light: #bfbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 3.226,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.01029,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49FA5

secondary

#CFD1CF

accent

#8D5861

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49FA5

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

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