#A09EA0#A09EA0

#A09EA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.004 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA0
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 1.10, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 1.35, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.003 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.004 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0682, 34.4654, 38.1613)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA0 #9EA09E

analogous

#9F9EA0 #A09EA0 #A09E9F

triadic

#A09EA0 #A0A09E #9EA0A0

tetradic

#A09EA0 #A09F9E #9EA09E #9E9FA0

square

#A09EA0 #A09F9E #9EA09E #9E9FA0

split-complementary

#A09EA0 #9FA09E #9EA09F

monochromatic

#636163 #827F82 #A09EA0 #BEBDBE #DDDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A09EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A09EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA0

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA0	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.004 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbabc',
    500: '#a09ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea0;
$custom-light: #bcbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.00367,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA0

secondary

#CDCDCD

accent

#8B5B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA0

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

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