#A09CA4#A09CA4

#A09CA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA4
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(270, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 2.98, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 4.71, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0077 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0854, 33.9309, 39.9211)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA4 #A0A49C

analogous

#9C9CA4 #A09CA4 #A49CA4

triadic

#A09CA4 #A4A09C #9CA4A0

tetradic

#A09CA4 #A49C9C #A0A49C #9CA4A4

square

#A09CA4 #A49C9C #A0A49C #9CA4A4

split-complementary

#A09CA4 #A4A49C #9CA49C

monochromatic

#635F67 #817C87 #A09CA4 #BFBCC1 #DDDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A09CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A09CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA4

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA4	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9bf',
    500: '#a09ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca4;
$custom-light: #bcb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69859,
    "c": 0.01235,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA4

secondary

#CECFCC

accent

#8E5773

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA4

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

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