#A09CA9#A09CA9

#A09CA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.019 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CA9
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(258, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 3.98, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 7.40, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0096 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.019 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5458, 34.1151, 42.3460)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CA9 #A5A99C

analogous

#9C9EA9 #A09CA9 #A69CA9

triadic

#A09CA9 #A9A09C #9CA9A0

tetradic

#A09CA9 #A99C9E #A5A99C #9CA9A6

square

#A09CA9 #A99C9E #A5A99C #9CA9A6

split-complementary

#A09CA9 #A9A69C #9EA99C

monochromatic

#635E6C #817B8D #A09CA9 #BFBDC5 #DFDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A09CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CA9

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CA9	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#9A9EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.019 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c2',
    500: '#a09ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ca9;
$custom-light: #bcb9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 7.027,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70022,
    "c": 0.01925,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CA9

secondary

#D1D3CE

accent

#91557E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CA9

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

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