#A596A0#A596A0

#A596A0 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.023 H 337.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596A0
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 160)
HSL	hsl(320, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(320, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 7.36, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 8.03, 336.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0209 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.023 337.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7678, 32.3505, 37.7690)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596A0 #96A59B

analogous

#A396A5 #A596A0 #A59699

triadic

#A596A0 #A0A596 #96A0A5

tetradic

#A596A0 #A5A396 #96A59B #9699A5

square

#A596A0 #A5A396 #96A59B #9699A5

split-complementary

#A596A0 #99A596 #96A5A3

monochromatic

#685963 #897582 #A596A0 #C1B7BE #DDD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A596A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A596A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596A0

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596A0	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.023 337.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4bc',
    500: '#a596a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596a0;
$custom-light: #bfb4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68927,
    "c": 0.0226,
    "h": 337.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596A0

secondary

#C9CECA

accent

#926854

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596A0

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

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