#A09FA0#A09FA0

#A09FA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.002 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA0
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 0.55, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 0.68, 324.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0015 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.002 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2395, 34.8079, 38.2184)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA0 #9FA09F

analogous

#9F9FA0 #A09FA0 #A09F9F

triadic

#A09FA0 #A0A09F #9FA0A0

tetradic

#A09FA0 #A09F9F #9FA09F #9F9FA0

square

#A09FA0 #A09F9F #9FA09F #9F9FA0

split-complementary

#A09FA0 #9FA09F #9FA09F

monochromatic

#636263 #828082 #A09FA0 #BEBEBE #DDDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A09FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA0

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA0	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)

#9F9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.002 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbbc',
    500: '#a09fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa0;
$custom-light: #bcbbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.524,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70364,
    "c": 0.00183,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA0

secondary

#CDCECD

accent

#8A5B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA0

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

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