#A09FA8#A09FA8

#A09FA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.013 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA8
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 168)
HSL	hsl(247, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(247, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 2.11, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 5.01, 294.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0047 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.013 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9619, 35.0969, 42.0234)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA8 #A7A89F

analogous

#9FA3A8 #A09FA8 #A59FA8

triadic

#A09FA8 #A8A09F #9FA8A0

tetradic

#A09FA8 #A89FA3 #A7A89F #9FA8A5

square

#A09FA8 #A89FA3 #A7A89F #9FA8A5

split-complementary

#A09FA8 #A8A59F #A3A89F

monochromatic

#62616B #807F8B #A09FA8 #C0BFC5 #E0DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A09FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A09FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA8	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.013 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbc1',
    500: '#a09fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa8;
$custom-light: #bcbbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.01299,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA8

secondary

#D3D3D0

accent

#8F5789

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA8

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

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