Information about #A59C9E color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A59C9E presents itself as a quiet, subdued grey — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Nobel (#A99D9D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Shady Lady (#9F9B9D) and Mountain Mist (#A09F9C).
In RGB terms — rgb(165, 156, 158) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A59C9E: 7.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A59C9E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A59C9E color variations
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#A59C9E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A59C9E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A59C9E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A59C9E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A59C9E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A59C9E color
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Nearest named colors to #A59C9E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A99D9D
#9F9B9D
#A09F9C
#A69FA4
#A19A98
#AC9B9B
#9FA19E
#A3A49C
#9EA0A1
#A99F97
#A1949D
#9D9F9A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A59C9E
- RGB165, 156, 158
- CMYK0, 4, 3, 35
- CSSrgb(165, 156, 158)
- HSL347°, 5%, 63%
- HSL Precise346.667°, 4.762%, 62.941%
- HSV347°, 5%, 65%
- HSB347°, 5%, 65%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.620
- GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.612, 0.620)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.612, 0.620, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.612, 0.620)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB62%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA59C9E
- DECIMAL ID10853534
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers39 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
