#A59EA7#A59EA7

#A59EA7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA7
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 167)
HSL	hsl(287, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 4.24, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 5.67, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0114 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7179, 35.2432, 41.5254)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA7 #A0A79E

analogous

#A09EA7 #A59EA7 #A79EA4

triadic

#A59EA7 #A7A59E #9EA7A5

tetradic

#A59EA7 #A7A09E #A0A79E #9EA4A7

square

#A59EA7 #A7A09E #A0A79E #9EA4A7

split-complementary

#A59EA7 #A4A79E #9EA7A0

monochromatic

#68606A #877E8A #A59EA7 #C3BEC4 #E1DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A59EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A59EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA7

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA7	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac1',
    500: '#a59ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea7;
$custom-light: #bfbac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 4.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.01514,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA7

secondary

#D0D2CF

accent

#8F5763

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA7

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

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