#A09FA2#A09FA2

#A09FA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.004 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA2
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(260, 2%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 2%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 0.93, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 1.71, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0023 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.004 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4158, 34.8785, 39.1472)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA2 #A1A29F

analogous

#9F9FA2 #A09FA2 #A19FA2

triadic

#A09FA2 #A2A09F #9FA2A0

tetradic

#A09FA2 #A29F9F #A1A29F #9FA2A1

square

#A09FA2 #A29F9F #A1A29F #9FA2A1

split-complementary

#A09FA2 #A2A19F #9FA29F

monochromatic

#636265 #818084 #A09FA2 #BFBEC0 #DEDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A09FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A09FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA2

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA2	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.004 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbbd',
    500: '#a09fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa2;
$custom-light: #bcbbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 1.587,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70426,
    "c": 0.00445,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA2

secondary

#CFCFCE

accent

#8B5A7B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA2

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

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