#A09CA2#A09CA2

#A09CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.010 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA2
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 2.59, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 3.68, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0069 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.01 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9062, 33.8592, 38.9773)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA2 #9EA29C

analogous

#9D9CA2 #A09CA2 #A29CA1

triadic

#A09CA2 #A2A09C #9CA2A0

tetradic

#A09CA2 #A29D9C #9EA29C #9CA1A2

square

#A09CA2 #A29D9C #9EA29C #9CA1A2

split-complementary

#A09CA2 #A1A29C #9CA29D

monochromatic

#635F65 #827C84 #A09CA2 #BEBCC0 #DDDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A09CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A09CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA2

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA2	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.010 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9bd',
    500: '#a09ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca2;
$custom-light: #bcb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69796,
    "c": 0.00974,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA2

secondary

#CDCECC

accent

#8D596A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA2

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

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