#A09EA3#A09EA3

#A09EA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.008 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA3
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(264, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 3%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 1.68, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 2.88, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0042 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.008 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3338, 34.5717, 39.5601)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA3 #A1A39E

analogous

#9E9EA3 #A09EA3 #A29EA3

triadic

#A09EA3 #A3A09E #9EA3A0

tetradic

#A09EA3 #A39E9E #A1A39E #9EA3A2

square

#A09EA3 #A39E9E #A1A39E #9EA3A2

split-complementary

#A09EA3 #A3A29E #9EA39E

monochromatic

#636166 #817F85 #A09EA3 #BFBDC1 #DEDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A09EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA3

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA3	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#9D9FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.008 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbabe',
    500: '#a09ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea3;
$custom-light: #bcbabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 2.646,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.00752,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA3

secondary

#CFCFCD

accent

#8C5978

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA3

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

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