#A596A4#A596A4

#A596A4 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.027 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596A4
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(304, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 8.12, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 9.70, 326.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0225 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.027 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1233, 32.4927, 39.6415)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596A4 #96A597

analogous

#9F96A5 #A596A4 #A5969D

triadic

#A596A4 #A4A596 #96A4A5

tetradic

#A596A4 #A59F96 #96A597 #969DA5

square

#A596A4 #A59F96 #96A597 #969DA5

split-complementary

#A596A4 #9DA596 #96A59F

monochromatic

#685967 #897587 #A596A4 #C1B7C1 #DDD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A596A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A596A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596A4

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596A4	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.027 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4bf',
    500: '#a596a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596a4;
$custom-light: #bfb4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.02653,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596A4

secondary

#C9CEC9

accent

#925854

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596A4

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

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