#A09AA0#A09AA0

#A09AA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AA0
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 3.32, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 4.07, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0091 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3970, 33.1230, 37.9375)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AA0 #9AA09A

analogous

#9D9AA0 #A09AA0 #A09A9D

triadic

#A09AA0 #A0A09A #9AA0A0

tetradic

#A09AA0 #A09D9A #9AA09A #9A9DA0

square

#A09AA0 #A09D9A #9AA09A #9A9DA0

split-complementary

#A09AA0 #9DA09A #9AA09D

monochromatic

#635D63 #827B82 #A09AA0 #BEBABE #DBD9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A09AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A09AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AA0

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AA0	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7bc',
    500: '#a09aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aa0;
$custom-light: #bcb7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.061,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69315,
    "c": 0.01104,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AA0

secondary

#CACCCA

accent

#8D5959

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AA0

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

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