#A49FA8#A49FA8

#A49FA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.014 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49FA8
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 168)
HSL	hsl(273, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 3.52, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 5.35, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0091 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.014 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7747, 35.5160, 42.0615)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49FA8 #A3A89F

analogous

#A09FA8 #A49FA8 #A89FA8

triadic

#A49FA8 #A8A49F #9FA8A4

tetradic

#A49FA8 #A8A09F #A3A89F #9FA8A8

square

#A49FA8 #A8A09F #A3A89F #9FA8A8

split-complementary

#A49FA8 #A8A89F #9FA8A0

monochromatic

#67616B #867F8B #A49FA8 #C2BFC5 #E1DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A49FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A49FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49FA8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49FA8	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.014 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbbc1',
    500: '#a49fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49fa8;
$custom-light: #bfbbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.01407,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49FA8

secondary

#D1D3D0

accent

#8F5770

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49FA8

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

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