#A596A3#A596A3

#A596A3 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.025 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596A3
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 1.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 7.93, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 9.26, 328.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0221 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.025 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0334, 32.4567, 39.1678)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596A3 #96A598

analogous

#A096A5 #A596A3 #A5969C

triadic

#A596A3 #A3A596 #96A3A5

tetradic

#A596A3 #A5A096 #96A598 #969CA5

square

#A596A3 #A5A096 #96A598 #969CA5

split-complementary

#A596A3 #9CA596 #96A5A0

monochromatic

#685966 #897586 #A596A3 #C1B7C0 #DDD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A596A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A596A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596A3

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596A3	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.025 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4be',
    500: '#a596a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596a3;
$custom-light: #bfb4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69023,
    "c": 0.02548,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596A3

secondary

#C9CEC9

accent

#925C54

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596A3

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

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