#A09AA8#A09AA8

#A09AA8 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.021 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AA8
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(266, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 4.89, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 8.14, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0122 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.021 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1195, 33.4120, 41.7426)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AA8 #A2A89A

analogous

#9A9BA8 #A09AA8 #A79AA8

triadic

#A09AA8 #A8A09A #9AA8A0

tetradic

#A09AA8 #A89A9B #A2A89A #9AA8A7

square

#A09AA8 #A89A9B #A2A89A #9AA8A7

split-complementary

#A09AA8 #A8A79A #9BA89A

monochromatic

#635C6B #81798C #A09AA8 #BFBBC4 #DEDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A09AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AA8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AA8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.021 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7c1',
    500: '#a09aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aa8;
$custom-light: #bcb7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69574,
    "c": 0.02127,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AA8

secondary

#CFD1CC

accent

#915477

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AA8

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

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