#A09CA8#A09CA8

#A09CA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.018 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA8
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 3.78, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 6.86, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0092 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.018 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4523, 34.0777, 41.8535)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA8 #A4A89C

analogous

#9C9EA8 #A09CA8 #A69CA8

triadic

#A09CA8 #A8A09C #9CA8A0

tetradic

#A09CA8 #A89C9E #A4A89C #9CA8A6

square

#A09CA8 #A89C9E #A4A89C #9CA8A6

split-complementary

#A09CA8 #A8A69C #9EA89C

monochromatic

#635E6B #817B8B #A09CA8 #BFBDC5 #DFDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A09CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A09CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA8

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA8	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.018 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c1',
    500: '#a09ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca8;
$custom-light: #bcb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.01784,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA8

secondary

#D1D2CE

accent

#90557D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA8

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

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