#A09AA6#A09AA6

#A09AA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.019 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AA6
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 7%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 4.49, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 7.08, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0115 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.019 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9346, 33.3380, 40.7688)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AA6 #A0A69A

analogous

#9A9AA6 #A09AA6 #A69AA6

triadic

#A09AA6 #A6A09A #9AA6A0

tetradic

#A09AA6 #A69A9A #A0A69A #9AA6A6

square

#A09AA6 #A69A9A #A0A69A #9AA6A6

split-complementary

#A09AA6 #A6A69A #9AA69A

monochromatic

#635D69 #817989 #A09AA6 #BFBBC3 #DDDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A09AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A09AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AA6

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AA6	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.019 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7c0',
    500: '#a09aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aa6;
$custom-light: #bcb7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 6.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.01856,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AA6

secondary

#CED0CC

accent

#905573

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AA6

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

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