#A09EA4#A09EA4

#A09EA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA4
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 1.88, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 3.42, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0046 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4237, 34.6076, 40.0339)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA4 #A2A49E

analogous

#9E9FA4 #A09EA4 #A39EA4

triadic

#A09EA4 #A4A09E #9EA4A0

tetradic

#A09EA4 #A49E9F #A2A49E #9EA4A3

square

#A09EA4 #A49E9F #A2A49E #9EA4A3

split-complementary

#A09EA4 #A4A39E #9FA49E

monochromatic

#636167 #817E86 #A09EA4 #BFBEC2 #DEDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A09EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA4

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA4	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbabf',
    500: '#a09ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea4;
$custom-light: #bcbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA4

secondary

#CFD0CE

accent

#8D597B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA4

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

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