#A09E96#A09E96

#A09E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.012 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E96
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -0.76, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 4.49, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0011 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.012 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2283, 34.1295, 33.7381)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E96 #9698A0

analogous

#A09996 #A09E96 #9DA096

triadic

#A09E96 #96A09E #9E96A0

tetradic

#A09E96 #96A099 #9698A0 #A0969D

square

#A09E96 #96A099 #9698A0 #A0969D

split-complementary

#A09E96 #969DA0 #9996A0

monochromatic

#626159 #838076 #A09E96 #BDBCB6 #DAD9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A09E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E96

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E96	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)

#A09D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.012 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbab4',
    500: '#a09e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e96;
$custom-light: #bcbab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.01169,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E96

secondary

#C7C8CB

accent

#628F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E96

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

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