#A09FA9#A09FA9

#A09FA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.014 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FA9
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(246, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(246, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 2.31, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 5.56, 294.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0051 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.014 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0554, 35.1343, 42.5159)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FA9 #A8A99F

analogous

#9FA3A9 #A09FA9 #A59FA9

triadic

#A09FA9 #A9A09F #9FA9A0

tetradic

#A09FA9 #A99FA3 #A8A99F #9FA9A5

square

#A09FA9 #A99FA3 #A8A99F #9FA9A5

split-complementary

#A09FA9 #A9A59F #A3A99F

monochromatic

#62616C #807F8C #A09FA9 #C0BFC6 #E0E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A09FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A09FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FA9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FA9	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.014 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbc2',
    500: '#a09fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fa9;
$custom-light: #bcbbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 5.495,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70648,
    "c": 0.01442,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FA9

secondary

#D3D4D0

accent

#8F568A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FA9

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

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