#A09C96#A09C96

#A09C96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.010 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C96
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(36, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 0.34, 3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 3.67, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.002 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.01 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8900, 33.4527, 33.6253)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C96 #969AA0

analogous

#A09796 #A09C96 #9FA096

triadic

#A09C96 #96A09C #9C96A0

tetradic

#A09C96 #96A097 #969AA0 #A0969F

square

#A09C96 #96A097 #969AA0 #A0969F

split-complementary

#A09C96 #969FA0 #9796A0

monochromatic

#625F59 #837E76 #A09C96 #BDBAB6 #DAD9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A09C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C96

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C96	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.010 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9b4',
    500: '#a09c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c96;
$custom-light: #bcb9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.00983,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C96

secondary

#C7C9CB

accent

#6D8F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C96

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

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