#A09FA6#A09FA6

#A09FA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.010 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA6
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(249, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(249, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 1.72, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 3.90, 296.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0039 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.01 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7770, 35.0230, 41.0497)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA6 #A5A69F

analogous

#9FA1A6 #A09FA6 #A39FA6

triadic

#A09FA6 #A6A09F #9FA6A0

tetradic

#A09FA6 #A69FA1 #A5A69F #9FA6A3

square

#A09FA6 #A69FA1 #A5A69F #9FA6A3

split-complementary

#A09FA6 #A6A39F #A1A69F

monochromatic

#636169 #817F89 #A09FA6 #BFBFC3 #DFDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A09FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A09FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA6	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.010 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbc0',
    500: '#a09fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa6;
$custom-light: #bcbbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 3.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70552,
    "c": 0.01012,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA6

secondary

#D1D2CF

accent

#8E5886

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA6

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

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