#A09CA6#A09CA6

#A09CA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.015 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA6
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(264, 5%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 6%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 3.38, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 5.78, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0084 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.015 304)
XYZ	xyz(33.2674, 34.0037, 40.8798)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA6 #A2A69C

analogous

#9C9DA6 #A09CA6 #A59CA6

triadic

#A09CA6 #A6A09C #9CA6A0

tetradic

#A09CA6 #A69C9D #A2A69C #9CA6A5

square

#A09CA6 #A69C9D #A2A69C #9CA6A5

split-complementary

#A09CA6 #A6A59C #9DA69C

monochromatic

#635E69 #817C89 #A09CA6 #BFBCC3 #DEDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A09CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A09CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.015 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c0',
    500: '#a09ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca6;
$custom-light: #bcb9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 5.319,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.01507,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.34004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA6

secondary

#CFD1CD

accent

#8F5678

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA6

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

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