#A09AAE#A09AAE

#A09AAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.030 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AAE
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 6.12, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 11.39, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0145 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.03 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6914, 33.6407, 44.7546)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AAE #A8AE9A

analogous

#9A9EAE #A09AAE #AA9AAE

triadic

#A09AAE #AEA09A #9AAEA0

tetradic

#A09AAE #AE9A9E #A8AE9A #9AAEAA

square

#A09AAE #AE9A9E #A8AE9A #9AAEAA

split-complementary

#A09AAE #AEAA9A #9EAE9A

monochromatic

#625C72 #807893 #A09AAE #C0BCC9 #E0DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A09AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A09AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AAE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AAE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.030 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7c6',
    500: '#a09aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aae;
$custom-light: #bcb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69778,
    "c": 0.02961,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AAE

secondary

#D3D5CE

accent

#955080

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AAE

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

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