#A09896#A09896

#A09896 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09896
RGB	rgb(160, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 2.56, 2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 3.31, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0082 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2298, 32.1324, 33.4052)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09896 #969EA0

analogous

#A09699 #A09896 #A09D96

triadic

#A09896 #96A098 #9896A0

tetradic

#A09896 #99A096 #969EA0 #9D96A0

square

#A09896 #99A096 #969EA0 #9D96A0

split-complementary

#A09896 #96A09D #9699A0

monochromatic

#625B59 #837976 #A09896 #BDB8B6 #DAD7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A09896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09896

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09896	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb6b4',
    500: '#a09896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09896;
$custom-light: #bcb6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6859,
    "c": 0.00989,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09896

secondary

#C7CACB

accent

#848F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09896

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

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