#A596A2#A596A2

#A596A2 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.024 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596A2
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(312, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(312, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 7.73, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 8.84, 331.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0217 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.024 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9441, 32.4210, 38.6978)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596A2 #96A599

analogous

#A196A5 #A596A2 #A5969B

triadic

#A596A2 #A2A596 #96A2A5

tetradic

#A596A2 #A5A196 #96A599 #969BA5

square

#A596A2 #A5A196 #96A599 #969BA5

split-complementary

#A596A2 #9BA596 #96A5A1

monochromatic

#685965 #897585 #A596A2 #C1B7BF #DDD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A596A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A596A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596A2

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596A2	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.024 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4bd',
    500: '#a596a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596a2;
$custom-light: #bfb4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.02447,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596A2

secondary

#C9CECA

accent

#926054

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596A2

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

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