#A09E9E#A09E9E

#A09E9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.002 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E9E
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 0.72, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 0.76, 19.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0022 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.002 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8946, 34.3960, 37.2473)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E9E #9EA0A0

analogous

#A09E9F #A09E9E #A09F9E

triadic

#A09E9E #9EA09E #9E9EA0

tetradic

#A09E9E #9FA09E #9EA0A0 #9F9EA0

square

#A09E9E #9FA09E #9EA0A0 #9F9EA0

split-complementary

#A09E9E #9EA09F #9E9FA0

monochromatic

#636161 #827F7F #A09E9E #BEBDBD #DDDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A09E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E9E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E9E	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.002 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaba',
    500: '#a09e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e9e;
$custom-light: #bcbaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.00232,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E9E

secondary

#CDCDCD

accent

#8B8B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E9E

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

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