#A09E9C#A09E9C

#A09E9C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.004 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E9C
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 3%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 0.34, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 1.34, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0014 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.004 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7239, 34.3277, 36.3480)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E9C #9C9EA0

analogous

#A09C9C #A09E9C #A0A09C

triadic

#A09E9C #9CA09E #9E9CA0

tetradic

#A09E9C #9CA09C #9C9EA0 #A09CA0

square

#A09E9C #9CA09C #9C9EA0 #A09CA0

split-complementary

#A09E9C #9CA0A0 #9C9CA0

monochromatic

#63615F #827F7D #A09E9C #BEBDBB #DCDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A09E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E9C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E9C	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.004 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbab9',
    500: '#a09e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e9c;
$custom-light: #bcbab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.062,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70032,
    "c": 0.00372,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E9C

secondary

#CBCCCD

accent

#738C5A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E9C

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

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