#A09FAA#A09FAA

#A09FAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.016 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FAA
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(245, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(245, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 2.52, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 6.11, 294.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0055 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.016 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1497, 35.1720, 43.0122)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FAA #A9AA9F

analogous

#9FA4AA #A09FAA #A69FAA

triadic

#A09FAA #AAA09F #9FAAA0

tetradic

#A09FAA #AA9FA4 #A9AA9F #9FAAA6

square

#A09FAA #AA9FA4 #A9AA9F #9FAAA6

split-complementary

#A09FAA #AAA69F #A4AA9F

monochromatic

#62616E #807F8D #A09FAA #C0BFC7 #E0E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A09FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A09FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FAA

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FAA	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#9DA0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.016 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbc3',
    500: '#a09faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09faa;
$custom-light: #bcbbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.01586,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FAA

secondary

#D4D4D1

accent

#90568B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FAA

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

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