#A2A596#A2A596

#A2A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.022 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A596
RGB	rgb(162, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(72, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -3.84, 7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 8.34, 117.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0095 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.022 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8597, 36.7937, 34.1664)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A596 #9996A5

analogous

#A5A196 #A2A596 #9BA596

triadic

#A2A596 #96A2A5 #A596A2

tetradic

#A2A596 #96A5A1 #9996A5 #A5969B

square

#A2A596 #96A5A1 #9996A5 #A5969B

split-complementary

#A2A596 #969BA5 #A196A5

monochromatic

#656859 #858975 #A2A596 #BFC1B7 #DCDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A2A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A2A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A596

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A596	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.022 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbfb4',
    500: '#a2a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a596;
$custom-light: #bdbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.02152,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A596

secondary

#CAC9CE

accent

#549260

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A596

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

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