#A09FA3#A09FA3

#A09FA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.006 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA3
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 2%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 2%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 1.13, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 2.25, 300.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0027 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.006 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5051, 34.9142, 39.6172)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA3 #A2A39F

analogous

#9FA0A3 #A09FA3 #A29FA3

triadic

#A09FA3 #A3A09F #9FA3A0

tetradic

#A09FA3 #A39FA0 #A2A39F #9FA3A2

square

#A09FA3 #A39FA0 #A2A39F #9FA3A2

split-complementary

#A09FA3 #A3A29F #A0A39F

monochromatic

#636266 #818085 #A09FA3 #BFBEC1 #DEDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A09FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A09FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA3

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA3	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)

#9EA0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.006 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbbe',
    500: '#a09fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa3;
$custom-light: #bcbbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 2.128,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70457,
    "c": 0.00585,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA3

secondary

#CFD0CE

accent

#8C5A7F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA3

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

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