#A09CA0#A09CA0

#A09CA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.007 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA0
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 2.21, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 2.71, 324.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0061 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.007 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7298, 33.7887, 38.0485)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA0 #9CA09C

analogous

#9E9CA0 #A09CA0 #A09C9E

triadic

#A09CA0 #A0A09C #9CA0A0

tetradic

#A09CA0 #A09E9C #9CA09C #9C9EA0

square

#A09CA0 #A09E9C #9CA09C #9C9EA0

split-complementary

#A09CA0 #9EA09C #9CA09E

monochromatic

#635F63 #827D82 #A09CA0 #BEBBBE #DCDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A09CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A09CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA0

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA0	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.007 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9bc',
    500: '#a09ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca0;
$custom-light: #bcb9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.062,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69733,
    "c": 0.00735,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA0

secondary

#CBCDCB

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA0

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

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