#A59EA6#A59EA6

#A59EA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.014 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA6
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(293, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(293, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 4.04, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 5.19, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.011 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.014 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6258, 35.2064, 41.0404)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA6 #9FA69E

analogous

#A19EA6 #A59EA6 #A69EA3

triadic

#A59EA6 #A6A59E #9EA6A5

tetradic

#A59EA6 #A6A19E #9FA69E #9EA3A6

square

#A59EA6 #A6A19E #9FA69E #9EA3A6

split-complementary

#A59EA6 #A3A69E #9EA6A1

monochromatic

#686069 #877E89 #A59EA6 #C3BEC3 #E0DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A59EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A59EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA6

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA6	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.014 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac0',
    500: '#a59ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea6;
$custom-light: #bfbac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 4.301,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.01395,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA6

secondary

#CFD1CE

accent

#8E575E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA6

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

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