#A09A9E#A09A9E

#A09A9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A9E
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(320, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(320, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 2.93, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 3.21, 335.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0083 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2234, 33.0536, 37.0235)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A9E #9AA09C

analogous

#9F9AA0 #A09A9E #A09A9B

triadic

#A09A9E #9EA09A #9A9EA0

tetradic

#A09A9E #A09F9A #9AA09C #9A9BA0

square

#A09A9E #A09F9A #9AA09C #9A9BA0

split-complementary

#A09A9E #9BA09A #9AA09F

monochromatic

#635D61 #827B80 #A09A9E #BEBABC #DBD9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A09A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A09A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A9E

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A9E	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7ba',
    500: '#a09a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a9e;
$custom-light: #bcb7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 3.061,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69252,
    "c": 0.009,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A9E

secondary

#CACCCB

accent

#8D6A59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A9E

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

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