#A5A596#A5A596

#A5A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.021 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A596
RGB	rgb(165, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -2.73, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 8.24, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0062 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.021 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4765, 37.1118, 34.1953)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A596 #9696A5

analogous

#A59E96 #A5A596 #9EA596

triadic

#A5A596 #96A5A5 #A596A5

tetradic

#A5A596 #96A59E #9696A5 #A5969E

square

#A5A596 #96A59E #9696A5 #A5969E

split-complementary

#A5A596 #969EA5 #9E96A5

monochromatic

#686859 #898975 #A5A596 #C1C1B7 #DDDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A5A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A5A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A596

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A596	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.021 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbfb4',
    500: '#a5a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a596;
$custom-light: #bfbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.02121,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A596

secondary

#C9C9CE

accent

#549254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A596

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

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