#A09A9C#A09A9C

#A09A9C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.008 H 354.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A9C
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 156)
HSL	hsl(340, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(340, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 2.56, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 2.57, 354.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0075 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.008 354.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0527, 32.9853, 36.1243)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A9C #9AA09E

analogous

#A09A9F #A09A9C #A09B9A

triadic

#A09A9C #9CA09A #9A9CA0

tetradic

#A09A9C #9FA09A #9AA09E #9B9AA0

square

#A09A9C #9FA09A #9AA09E #9B9AA0

split-complementary

#A09A9C #9AA09B #9A9FA0

monochromatic

#635D5F #827B7D #A09A9C #BEBABB #DBD9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A09A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A09A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A9C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A9C	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.008 354.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7b9',
    500: '#a09a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a9c;
$custom-light: #bcb7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 3.061,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6919,
    "c": 0.00755,
    "h": 354.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A9C

secondary

#CACCCB

accent

#8D7B59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A9C

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

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