#A09FA1#A09FA1

#A09FA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.003 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA1
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(270, 1%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 0.74, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 1.18, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0019 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.003 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3273, 34.8431, 38.6809)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA1 #A0A19F

analogous

#9F9FA1 #A09FA1 #A19FA1

triadic

#A09FA1 #A1A09F #9FA1A0

tetradic

#A09FA1 #A19F9F #A0A19F #9FA1A1

square

#A09FA1 #A19F9F #A0A19F #9FA1A1

split-complementary

#A09FA1 #A1A19F #9FA19F

monochromatic

#636264 #818083 #A09FA1 #BFBEBF #DDDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A09FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA1

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA1	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)

#9F9FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.003 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbbc',
    500: '#a09fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa1;
$custom-light: #bcbbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.00308,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA1

secondary

#CECECE

accent

#8B5B73

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA1

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

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