#A59EA2#A59EA2

#A59EA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.010 H 341.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA2
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(326, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(326, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 3.28, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 3.49, 340.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0094 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.01 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2645, 35.0619, 39.1379)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA2 #9EA5A1

analogous

#A49EA5 #A59EA2 #A59E9E

triadic

#A59EA2 #A2A59E #9EA2A5

tetradic

#A59EA2 #A5A49E #9EA5A1 #9E9EA5

square

#A59EA2 #A5A49E #9EA5A1 #9E9EA5

split-complementary

#A59EA2 #9EA59E #9EA5A4

monochromatic

#686165 #887E84 #A59EA2 #C2BEC0 #E0DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A59EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A59EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA2

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA2	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)

#9E9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.010 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabd',
    500: '#a59ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea2;
$custom-light: #bfbabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.714,
    "s": 3.743,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70638,
    "c": 0.00989,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA2

secondary

#CED1CF

accent

#8E6F58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA2

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

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