#A09A90#A09A90

#A09A90 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.016 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A90
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 144)
HSL	hsl(38, 8%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 10%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 0.38, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 6.04, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0026 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.016 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0863, 32.5987, 31.0347)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A90 #9096A0

analogous

#A09290 #A09A90 #9EA090

triadic

#A09A90 #90A09A #9A90A0

tetradic

#A09A90 #90A092 #9096A0 #A0909E

square

#A09A90 #90A092 #9096A0 #A0909E

split-complementary

#A09A90 #909EA0 #9290A0

monochromatic

#625D54 #837C70 #A09A90 #BCB8B1 #D8D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A09A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A09A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A90

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A90	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.016 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7b0',
    500: '#a09a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a90;
$custom-light: #bcb7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 7.767,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6884,
    "c": 0.016,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A90

secondary

#C3C5C9

accent

#8DB177

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A90

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

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