#A09EA2#A09EA2

#A09EA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA2
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 1.49, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 2.35, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0038 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2446, 34.5360, 39.0901)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA2 #A0A29E

analogous

#9E9EA2 #A09EA2 #A29EA2

triadic

#A09EA2 #A2A09E #9EA2A0

tetradic

#A09EA2 #A29E9E #A0A29E #9EA2A2

square

#A09EA2 #A29E9E #A0A29E #9EA2A2

split-complementary

#A09EA2 #A2A29E #9EA29E

monochromatic

#636165 #817F84 #A09EA2 #BFBDC0 #DDDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A09EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A09EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA2

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA2	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbabd',
    500: '#a09ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea2;
$custom-light: #bcbabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.00617,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA2

secondary

#CECFCD

accent

#8C5A73

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA2

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

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