#A09FA5#A09FA5

#A09FA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.009 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA5
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(250, 3%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(250, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 1.52, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 3.35, 296.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0035 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.009 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6857, 34.9864, 40.5684)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA5 #A4A59F

analogous

#9FA1A5 #A09FA5 #A39FA5

triadic

#A09FA5 #A5A09F #9FA5A0

tetradic

#A09FA5 #A59FA1 #A4A59F #9FA5A3

square

#A09FA5 #A59FA1 #A4A59F #9FA5A3

split-complementary

#A09FA5 #A5A39F #A1A59F

monochromatic

#636268 #817F87 #A09FA5 #BFBFC3 #DFDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A09FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A09FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA5	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.009 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbbf',
    500: '#a09fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa5;
$custom-light: #bcbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 3.226,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7052,
    "c": 0.00869,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA5

secondary

#D1D1CF

accent

#8D5884

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA5

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

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