#A09EA5#A09EA5

#A09EA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.010 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA5
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 2.07, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 3.97, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.005 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.01 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5144, 34.6439, 40.5113)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA5 #A3A59E

analogous

#9E9FA5 #A09EA5 #A39EA5

triadic

#A09EA5 #A5A09E #9EA5A0

tetradic

#A09EA5 #A59E9F #A3A59E #9EA5A3

square

#A09EA5 #A59E9F #A3A59E #9EA5A3

split-complementary

#A09EA5 #A5A39E #9FA59E

monochromatic

#636168 #817E88 #A09EA5 #BFBEC2 #DEDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A09EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA5	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.010 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbabf',
    500: '#a09ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea5;
$custom-light: #bcbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 3.743,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA5

secondary

#D0D1CE

accent

#8E587E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA5

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

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