#A596A5#A596A5

#A596A5 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.028 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A596A5
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 165)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 8.31, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 10.15, 324.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0229 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.028 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2140, 32.5290, 40.1190)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A596A5 #96A596

analogous

#9E96A5 #A596A5 #A5969E

triadic

#A596A5 #A5A596 #96A5A5

tetradic

#A596A5 #A59E96 #96A596 #969EA5

square

#A596A5 #A59E96 #96A596 #969EA5

split-complementary

#A596A5 #9EA596 #96A59E

monochromatic

#685968 #897589 #A596A5 #C1B7C1 #DDD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A596A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A596A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A596A5

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A596A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A596A5	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a596a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.028 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb4bf',
    500: '#a596a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a596a5;
$custom-light: #bfb4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a596a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69089,
    "c": 0.02762,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A596A5

secondary

#C9CEC9

accent

#925454

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A596A5

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

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