#A09CA3#A09CA3

#A09CA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.011 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA3
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(274, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 2.79, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 4.19, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0073 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.011 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9954, 33.8949, 39.4473)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA3 #9FA39C

analogous

#9C9CA3 #A09CA3 #A39CA2

triadic

#A09CA3 #A3A09C #9CA3A0

tetradic

#A09CA3 #A39C9C #9FA39C #9CA2A3

square

#A09CA3 #A39C9C #9FA39C #9CA2A3

split-complementary

#A09CA3 #A2A39C #9CA39C

monochromatic

#635F66 #827C86 #A09CA3 #BEBCC0 #DDDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A09CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A09CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA3

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA3	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.011 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9be',
    500: '#a09ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca3;
$custom-light: #bcb9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 3.665,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.01103,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA3

secondary

#CDCFCC

accent

#8D586F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA3

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

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