#A09C90#A09C90

#A09C90 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.018 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C90
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 144)
HSL	hsl(45, 8%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 10%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -0.72, 6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 6.84, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0005 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.018 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4192, 33.2644, 31.1456)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C90 #9094A0

analogous

#A09490 #A09C90 #9CA090

triadic

#A09C90 #90A09C #9C90A0

tetradic

#A09C90 #90A094 #9094A0 #A0909C

square

#A09C90 #90A094 #9094A0 #A0909C

split-complementary

#A09C90 #909CA0 #9490A0

monochromatic

#625E54 #837E70 #A09C90 #BCB9B1 #D8D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A09C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A09C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C90

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C90	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)

#9F9B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.018 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9b0',
    500: '#a09c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c90;
$custom-light: #bcb9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 7.767,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.01779,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C90

secondary

#C3C4C9

accent

#85B177

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C90

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

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