#A09A96#A09A96

#A09A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.009 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A96
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(24, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 1.45, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 3.22, 63.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0051 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.009 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5571, 32.7870, 33.5143)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A96 #969CA0

analogous

#A09697 #A09A96 #A09F96

triadic

#A09A96 #96A09A #9A96A0

tetradic

#A09A96 #97A096 #969CA0 #9F96A0

square

#A09A96 #97A096 #969CA0 #9F96A0

split-complementary

#A09A96 #96A09F #9697A0

monochromatic

#625D59 #837B76 #A09A96 #BDB9B6 #DAD8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A09A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A09A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A96

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A96	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.009 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7b4',
    500: '#a09a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a96;
$custom-light: #bcb7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69011,
    "c": 0.00914,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A96

secondary

#C7C9CB

accent

#788F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A96

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

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