#A09AAA#A09AAA

#A09AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.024 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AAA
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(263, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 5.30, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 9.22, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.013 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.024 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3072, 33.4871, 42.7314)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AAA #A4AA9A

analogous

#9A9CAA #A09AAA #A89AAA

triadic

#A09AAA #AAA09A #9AAAA0

tetradic

#A09AAA #AA9A9C #A4AA9A #9AAAA8

square

#A09AAA #AA9A9C #A4AA9A #9AAAA8

split-complementary

#A09AAA #AAA89A #9CAA9A

monochromatic

#635C6D #81798E #A09AAA #BFBBC6 #DFDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A09AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AAA

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AAA	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.024 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7c3',
    500: '#a09aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aaa;
$custom-light: #bcb7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69641,
    "c": 0.02402,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AAA

secondary

#D1D3CD

accent

#93537B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AAA

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

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