#A09AA4#A09AA4

#A09AA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AA4
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 164)
HSL	hsl(276, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 4.10, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 6.04, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0107 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7525, 33.2652, 39.8101)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AA4 #9EA49A

analogous

#9B9AA4 #A09AA4 #A49AA3

triadic

#A09AA4 #A4A09A #9AA4A0

tetradic

#A09AA4 #A49B9A #9EA49A #9AA3A4

square

#A09AA4 #A49B9A #9EA49A #9AA3A4

split-complementary

#A09AA4 #A3A49A #9AA49B

monochromatic

#635D67 #827A87 #A09AA4 #BEBAC1 #DDDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A09AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A09AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AA4

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AA4	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7bf',
    500: '#a09aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aa4;
$custom-light: #bcb7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 5.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69442,
    "c": 0.01592,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AA4

secondary

#CDCFCB

accent

#8F566D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AA4

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

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