#A59EA9#A59EA9

#A59EA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.018 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA9
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(278, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 4.63, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 6.67, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0122 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.018 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9042, 35.3177, 42.5066)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA9 #A2A99E

analogous

#A09EA9 #A59EA9 #A99EA8

triadic

#A59EA9 #A9A59E #9EA9A5

tetradic

#A59EA9 #A9A09E #A2A99E #9EA8A9

square

#A59EA9 #A9A09E #A2A99E #9EA8A9

split-complementary

#A59EA9 #A8A99E #9EA9A0

monochromatic

#68606C #877E8C #A59EA9 #C3BEC6 #E1DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A59EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A59EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA9

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA9	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#9DA0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.018 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbac2',
    500: '#a59ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea9;
$custom-light: #bfbac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 6.011,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70859,
    "c": 0.01763,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA9

secondary

#D1D3CF

accent

#90566B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA9

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

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