#A09AA2#A09AA2

#A09AA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AA2
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(285, 4%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 3.71, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 5.03, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0099 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5733, 33.1935, 38.8664)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AA2 #9CA29A

analogous

#9C9AA2 #A09AA2 #A29AA0

triadic

#A09AA2 #A2A09A #9AA2A0

tetradic

#A09AA2 #A29C9A #9CA29A #9AA0A2

square

#A09AA2 #A29C9A #9CA29A #9AA0A2

split-complementary

#A09AA2 #A0A29A #9AA29C

monochromatic

#635D65 #827A85 #A09AA2 #BEBABF #DCDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A09AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A09AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AA2

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AA2	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7bd',
    500: '#a09aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aa2;
$custom-light: #bcb7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 4.124,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69378,
    "c": 0.01339,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AA2

secondary

#CBCDCA

accent

#8E5865

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AA2

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

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