#A3A596#A3A596

#A3A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.021 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A596
RGB	rgb(163, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -3.47, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 8.29, 114.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0084 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.021 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0637, 36.8989, 34.1759)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A596 #9896A5

analogous

#A5A096 #A3A596 #9CA596

triadic

#A3A596 #96A3A5 #A596A3

tetradic

#A3A596 #96A5A0 #9896A5 #A5969C

square

#A3A596 #96A5A0 #9896A5 #A5969C

split-complementary

#A3A596 #969CA5 #A096A5

monochromatic

#666859 #868975 #A3A596 #C0C1B7 #DDDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A3A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A3A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A596

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A596	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.021 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebfb4',
    500: '#a3a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a596;
$custom-light: #bebfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.716,
    "c": 0.02135,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A596

secondary

#C9C9CE

accent

#54925C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A596

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

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