#A09596#A09596

#A09596 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.013 H 11.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09596
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(355, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 7%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 4.23, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 4.33, 12.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0128 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.013 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7490, 31.1708, 33.2450)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09596 #95A09F

analogous

#A0959B #A09596 #A09995

triadic

#A09596 #96A095 #9596A0

tetradic

#A09596 #9BA095 #95A09F #9995A0

square

#A09596 #9BA095 #95A09F #9995A0

split-complementary

#A09596 #95A099 #959BA0

monochromatic

#625859 #837576 #A09596 #BDB5B6 #DAD6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A09596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A09596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09596

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09596	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.013 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb4b4',
    500: '#a09596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09596;
$custom-light: #bcb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 5.473,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67963,
    "c": 0.01308,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09596

secondary

#C6CACA

accent

#8F8A56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09596

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

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