#A09EA9#A09EA9

#A09EA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.016 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EA9
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(251, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 2.87, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 6.16, 297.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0066 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.016 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8842, 34.7918, 42.4588)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EA9 #A7A99E

analogous

#9EA2A9 #A09EA9 #A69EA9

triadic

#A09EA9 #A9A09E #9EA9A0

tetradic

#A09EA9 #A99EA2 #A7A99E #9EA9A6

square

#A09EA9 #A99EA2 #A7A99E #9EA9A6

split-complementary

#A09EA9 #A9A69E #A2A99E

monochromatic

#62606C #807E8C #A09EA9 #C0BEC6 #E0DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A09EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EA9

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EA9	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.016 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbac2',
    500: '#a09ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ea9;
$custom-light: #bcbac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 6.011,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70439,
    "c": 0.01598,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EA9

secondary

#D3D3CF

accent

#905685

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EA9

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

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