#A59AAA#A59AAA

#A59AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.026 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59AAA
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(281, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 7.05, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 9.85, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0186 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.026 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3272, 34.0130, 42.7792)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59AAA #9FAA9A

analogous

#9D9AAA #A59AAA #AA9AA7

triadic

#A59AAA #AAA59A #9AAAA5

tetradic

#A59AAA #AA9D9A #9FAA9A #9AA7AA

square

#A59AAA #AA9D9A #9FAA9A #9AA7AA

split-complementary

#A59AAA #A7AA9A #9AAA9D

monochromatic

#685C6D #87798E #A59AAA #C3BBC6 #E0DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A59AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A59AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59AAA

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59AAA	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.026 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7c3',
    500: '#a59aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59aaa;
$custom-light: #bfb7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7007,
    "c": 0.02613,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59AAA

secondary

#CFD3CD

accent

#935367

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59AAA

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

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