#A59EA8#A59EA8

#A59EA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.016 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA8
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(282, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 4.43, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 6.16, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0118 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.016 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8107, 35.2803, 42.0141)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA8 #A1A89E

analogous

#A09EA8 #A59EA8 #A89EA6

triadic

#A59EA8 #A8A59E #9EA8A5

tetradic

#A59EA8 #A8A09E #A1A89E #9EA6A8

square

#A59EA8 #A8A09E #A1A89E #9EA6A8

split-complementary

#A59EA8 #A6A89E #9EA8A0

monochromatic

#68606B #877E8B #A59EA8 #C3BEC5 #E1DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A59EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A59EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA8

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA8	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.016 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac1',
    500: '#a59ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea8;
$custom-light: #bfbac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.01636,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA8

secondary

#D0D3CF

accent

#8F5667

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA8

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

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