#A09E9A#A09E9A

#A09E9A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.006 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E9A
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(40, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 3.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -0.03, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 2.34, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0006 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.006 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5559, 34.2605, 35.4634)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E9A #9A9CA0

analogous

#A09B9A #A09E9A #9FA09A

triadic

#A09E9A #9AA09E #9E9AA0

tetradic

#A09E9A #9AA09B #9A9CA0 #A09A9F

square

#A09E9A #9AA09B #9A9CA0 #A09A9F

split-complementary

#A09E9A #9A9FA0 #9B9AA0

monochromatic

#63615D #82807B #A09E9A #BEBCBA #DBDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A09E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E9A

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E9A	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#9F9E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.006 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbab7',
    500: '#a09e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e9a;
$custom-light: #bcbab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.061,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69973,
    "c": 0.00621,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E9A

secondary

#CACBCC

accent

#6A8D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E9A

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

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