#A09EA8#A09EA8

#A09EA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.015 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA8
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 2.67, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 5.61, 298.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0062 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.015 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7907, 34.7544, 41.9663)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA8 #A6A89E

analogous

#9EA1A8 #A09EA8 #A59EA8

triadic

#A09EA8 #A8A09E #9EA8A0

tetradic

#A09EA8 #A89EA1 #A6A89E #9EA8A5

square

#A09EA8 #A89EA1 #A6A89E #9EA8A5

split-complementary

#A09EA8 #A8A59E #A1A89E

monochromatic

#62606B #807E8B #A09EA8 #C0BEC5 #DFDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A09EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA8

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA8	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.015 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbac1',
    500: '#a09ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea8;
$custom-light: #bcbac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70406,
    "c": 0.01456,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA8

secondary

#D2D3CF

accent

#8F5684

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA8

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

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