#A09BA2#A09BA2

#A09BA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.012 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BA2
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(283, 4%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 3.15, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 4.35, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0084 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.012 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7391, 33.5250, 38.9216)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BA2 #9DA29B

analogous

#9D9BA2 #A09BA2 #A29BA1

triadic

#A09BA2 #A2A09B #9BA2A0

tetradic

#A09BA2 #A29D9B #9DA29B #9BA1A2

square

#A09BA2 #A29D9B #9DA29B #9BA1A2

split-complementary

#A09BA2 #A1A29B #9BA29D

monochromatic

#635E65 #827B85 #A09BA2 #BEBBBF #DCDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A09BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BA2

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BA2	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.012 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8bd',
    500: '#a09ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ba2;
$custom-light: #bcb8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 3.627,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.01156,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BA2

secondary

#CCCECB

accent

#8D5867

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BA2

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

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