#A09E97#A09E97

#A09E97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.010 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E97
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 5.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -0.58, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 3.95, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0006 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.01 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3092, 34.1618, 34.1640)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E97 #9799A0

analogous

#A09997 #A09E97 #9DA097

triadic

#A09E97 #97A09E #9E97A0

tetradic

#A09E97 #97A099 #9799A0 #A0979D

square

#A09E97 #97A099 #9799A0 #A0979D

split-complementary

#A09E97 #979DA0 #9997A0

monochromatic

#63615A #838077 #A09E97 #BDBCB7 #DADAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A09E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E97

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E97	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)

#A09E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.010 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbab5',
    500: '#a09e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e97;
$custom-light: #bcbab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 4.523,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69886,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E97

secondary

#C8C8CB

accent

#638E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E97

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

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