#A09CAC#A09CAC

#A09CAC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.023 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CAC
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(255, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 4.59, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 9.04, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0107 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.023 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8307, 34.2290, 43.8463)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CAC #A8AC9C

analogous

#9CA0AC #A09CAC #A89CAC

triadic

#A09CAC #ACA09C #9CACA0

tetradic

#A09CAC #AC9CA0 #A8AC9C #9CACA8

square

#A09CAC #AC9CA0 #A8AC9C #9CACA8

split-complementary

#A09CAC #ACA89C #A0AC9C

monochromatic

#625E70 #807B90 #A09CAC #C0BDC8 #E0DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A09CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CAC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CAC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.023 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c4',
    500: '#a09cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cac;
$custom-light: #bcb9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.02347,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CAC

secondary

#D3D5CF

accent

#935383

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CAC

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

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