#A09EAA#A09EAA

#A09EAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.017 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EAA
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(250, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 3.07, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 6.71, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.007 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.017 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9784, 34.8295, 42.9551)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EAA #A8AA9E

analogous

#9EA2AA #A09EAA #A69EAA

triadic

#A09EAA #AAA09E #9EAAA0

tetradic

#A09EAA #AA9EA2 #A8AA9E #9EAAA6

square

#A09EAA #AA9EA2 #A8AA9E #9EAAA6

split-complementary

#A09EAA #AAA69E #A2AA9E

monochromatic

#62606E #807D8D #A09EAA #C0BFC7 #E0DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A09EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EAA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EAA	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.017 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbac3',
    500: '#a09eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09eaa;
$custom-light: #bcbac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.01741,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EAA

secondary

#D3D4D0

accent

#915587

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EAA

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

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