#A09ABA#A09ABA

#A09ABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.047 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09ABA
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(251, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 8.67, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 17.98, 298.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0188 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.047 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9139, 34.1297, 51.1932)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09ABA #B4BA9A

analogous

#9AA4BA #A09ABA #B09ABA

triadic

#A09ABA #BAA09A #9ABAA0

tetradic

#A09ABA #BA9AA4 #B4BA9A #9ABAB0

square

#A09ABA #BA9AA4 #B4BA9A #9ABAB0

split-complementary

#A09ABA #BAB09A #A4BA9A

monochromatic

#605881 #7E76A1 #A09ABA #C2BED3 #E4E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A09ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09ABA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09ABA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.047 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7ce',
    500: '#a09aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09aba;
$custom-light: #bcb7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70209,
    "c": 0.0467,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09ABA

secondary

#DBDDD3

accent

#9D488D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09ABA

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

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