#A09899#A09899

#A09899 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.009 H 8.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09899
RGB	rgb(160, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(353, 4%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(353, 5%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 4.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 3.11, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 3.15, 9.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0094 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.01 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4745, 32.2302, 34.6938)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09899 #98A09F

analogous

#A0989D #A09899 #A09B98

triadic

#A09899 #99A098 #9899A0

tetradic

#A09899 #9DA098 #98A09F #9B98A0

square

#A09899 #9DA098 #98A09F #9B98A0

split-complementary

#A09899 #98A09B #989DA0

monochromatic

#635B5C #82787A #A09899 #BDB8B9 #DBD8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A09899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09899

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09899	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.009 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb6b7',
    500: '#a09899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09899;
$custom-light: #bcb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 4.04,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6868,
    "c": 0.0095,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09899

secondary

#C8CBCB

accent

#8E8758

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09899

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

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