#A09497#A09497

#A09497 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.015 H 0.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09497
RGB	rgb(160, 148, 151)
HSL	hsl(345, 6%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(345, 8%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 5.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 4.97, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 4.97, 0.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0148 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.015 0.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6724, 30.8881, 33.6183)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09497 #94A09D

analogous

#A0949D #A09497 #A09794

triadic

#A09497 #97A094 #9497A0

tetradic

#A09497 #9DA094 #94A09D #9794A0

square

#A09497 #9DA094 #94A09D #9794A0

split-complementary

#A09497 #94A097 #949DA0

monochromatic

#62575A #837478 #A09497 #BDB4B7 #DAD5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A09497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09497

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09497	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 148, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.015 0.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb3b5',
    500: '#a09497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09497;
$custom-light: #bcb3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 5.941,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67786,
    "c": 0.0148,
    "h": 0.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09497

secondary

#C6CAC9

accent

#908156

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09497

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

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