#A09AB2#A09AB2

#A09AB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.035 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09AB2
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(255, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 6.95, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 13.58, 300.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.016 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.035 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0871, 33.7990, 46.8389)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09AB2 #ACB29A

analogous

#9AA0B2 #A09AB2 #AC9AB2

triadic

#A09AB2 #B2A09A #9AB2A0

tetradic

#A09AB2 #B29AA0 #ACB29A #9AB2AC

square

#A09AB2 #B29AA0 #ACB29A #9AB2AC

split-complementary

#A09AB2 #B2AC9A #A0B29A

monochromatic

#625B77 #7F7798 #A09AB2 #C1BDCC #E1DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A09AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A09AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09AB2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09AB2	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.035 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7c9',
    500: '#a09ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ab2;
$custom-light: #bcb7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 13.483,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69918,
    "c": 0.03527,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09AB2

secondary

#D6D8D0

accent

#984E85

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09AB2

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

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