#A09EA6#A09EA6

#A09EA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.012 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA6
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(255, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 2.27, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 4.51, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0054 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.012 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6058, 34.6805, 40.9926)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA6 #A4A69E

analogous

#9EA0A6 #A09EA6 #A49EA6

triadic

#A09EA6 #A6A09E #9EA6A0

tetradic

#A09EA6 #A69EA0 #A4A69E #9EA6A4

square

#A09EA6 #A69EA0 #A4A69E #9EA6A4

split-complementary

#A09EA6 #A6A49E #A0A69E

monochromatic

#636069 #817E89 #A09EA6 #BFBEC3 #DFDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A09EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA6

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA6	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.012 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbac0',
    500: '#a09ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea6;
$custom-light: #bcbac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 4.301,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70342,
    "c": 0.01171,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA6

secondary

#D1D1CE

accent

#8E5780

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA6

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

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