#A09CAA#A09CAA

#A09CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.021 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CAA
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 4.18, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 7.94, 301.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.01 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.021 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6400, 34.1528, 42.8423)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CAA #A6AA9C

analogous

#9C9FAA #A09CAA #A79CAA

triadic

#A09CAA #AAA09C #9CAAA0

tetradic

#A09CAA #AA9C9F #A6AA9C #9CAAA7

square

#A09CAA #AA9C9F #A6AA9C #9CAAA7

split-complementary

#A09CAA #AAA79C #9FAA9C

monochromatic

#625E6E #807B8E #A09CAA #C0BDC6 #DFDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A09CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CAA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CAA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.021 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c3',
    500: '#a09caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09caa;
$custom-light: #bcb9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70055,
    "c": 0.02064,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CAA

secondary

#D2D3CE

accent

#925480

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CAA

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

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