#A59699#A59699

#A59699 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.018 H 3.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59699
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(348, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(348, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 6.06, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 6.08, 4.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0182 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.018 3.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1726, 32.1124, 34.6343)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59699 #96A5A2

analogous

#A596A1 #A59699 #A59B96

triadic

#A59699 #99A596 #9699A5

tetradic

#A59699 #A1A596 #96A5A2 #9B96A5

square

#A59699 #A1A596 #96A5A2 #9B96A5

split-complementary

#A59699 #96A59B #96A1A5

monochromatic

#68595C #897579 #A59699 #C1B7B9 #DDD8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A59699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A59699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59699

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59699	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.018 3.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4b7',
    500: '#a59699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59699;
$custom-light: #bfb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68709,
    "c": 0.01822,
    "h": 3.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59699

secondary

#C9CECD

accent

#928554

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59699

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

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