#A09CA5#A09CA5

#A09CA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.014 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA5
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(267, 5%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 3.18, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 5.24, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.008 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.014 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1760, 33.9672, 40.3985)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA5 #A1A59C

analogous

#9C9CA5 #A09CA5 #A49CA5

triadic

#A09CA5 #A5A09C #9CA5A0

tetradic

#A09CA5 #A59C9C #A1A59C #9CA5A4

square

#A09CA5 #A59C9C #A1A59C #9CA5A4

split-complementary

#A09CA5 #A5A49C #9CA59C

monochromatic

#635F68 #817C88 #A09CA5 #BFBCC2 #DEDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A09CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A09CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA5

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA5	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#9B9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.014 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9bf',
    500: '#a09ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca5;
$custom-light: #bcb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.0137,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA5

secondary

#CFD0CD

accent

#8F5776

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA5

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

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