#A09EA1#A09EA1

#A09EA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA1
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 1.29, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 1.84, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0034 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1560, 34.5005, 38.6238)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA1 #9FA19E

analogous

#9E9EA1 #A09EA1 #A19EA1

triadic

#A09EA1 #A1A09E #9EA1A0

tetradic

#A09EA1 #A19E9E #9FA19E #9EA1A1

square

#A09EA1 #A19E9E #9FA19E #9EA1A1

split-complementary

#A09EA1 #A1A19E #9EA19E

monochromatic

#636164 #827F83 #A09EA1 #BEBDBF #DDDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A09EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A09EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA1

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA1	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbabc',
    500: '#a09ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea1;
$custom-light: #bcbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 1.571,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.00486,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA1

secondary

#CDCECD

accent

#8B5A6B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA1

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

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