#A59EA1#A59EA1

#A59EA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.009 H 349.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA1
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(334, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(334, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 2.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 3.09, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 3.16, 348.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.009 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.009 349.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1760, 35.0265, 38.6717)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA1 #9EA5A2

analogous

#A59EA4 #A59EA1 #A59E9E

triadic

#A59EA1 #A1A59E #9EA1A5

tetradic

#A59EA1 #A4A59E #9EA5A2 #9E9EA5

square

#A59EA1 #A4A59E #9EA5A2 #9E9EA5

split-complementary

#A59EA1 #9EA59E #9EA4A5

monochromatic

#686164 #887E82 #A59EA1 #C2BEC0 #E0DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A59EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A59EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA1

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA1	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.009 349.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabc',
    500: '#a59ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea1;
$custom-light: #bfbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 3.743,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.00916,
    "h": 349.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA1

secondary

#CED1D0

accent

#8E7758

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA1

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

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