#A09AB0#A09AB0

#A09AB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.032 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AB0
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 176)
HSL	hsl(256, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 6.53, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 12.48, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0152 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.032 298)
XYZ	xyz(33.8878, 33.7193, 45.7891)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AB0 #AAB09A

analogous

#9A9FB0 #A09AB0 #AB9AB0

triadic

#A09AB0 #B0A09A #9AB0A0

tetradic

#A09AB0 #B09A9F #AAB09A #9AB0AB

square

#A09AB0 #B09A9F #AAB09A #9AB0AB

split-complementary

#A09AB0 #B0AB9A #9FB09A

monochromatic

#625B74 #807895 #A09AB0 #C0BCCB #E1DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A09AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A09AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AB0

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AB0	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.032 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7c7',
    500: '#a09ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ab0;
$custom-light: #bcb7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 12.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69847,
    "c": 0.03243,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.33719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AB0

secondary

#D5D7CF

accent

#964F83

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AB0

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

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