#A59EA3#A59EA3

#A59EA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.011 H 335.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA3
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(317, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(317, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 1.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 3.47, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 3.86, 334.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0098 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.011 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3538, 35.0976, 39.6079)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA3 #9EA5A0

analogous

#A39EA5 #A59EA3 #A59E9F

triadic

#A59EA3 #A3A59E #9EA3A5

tetradic

#A59EA3 #A5A39E #9EA5A0 #9E9FA5

square

#A59EA3 #A5A39E #9EA5A0 #9E9FA5

split-complementary

#A59EA3 #9FA59E #9EA5A3

monochromatic

#686166 #887E85 #A59EA3 #C2BEC1 #E0DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A59EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A59EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA3

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA3	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.011 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabe',
    500: '#a59ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea3;
$custom-light: #bfbabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 3.743,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70669,
    "c": 0.01076,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA3

secondary

#CED1CF

accent

#8E6758

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA3

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

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