#A09ABE#A09ABE

#A09ABE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.052 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09ABE
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(250, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 9.55, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 20.18, 298.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0202 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.052 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3451, 34.3022, 53.4641)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09ABE #B8BE9A

analogous

#9AA6BE #A09ABE #B29ABE

triadic

#A09ABE #BEA09A #9ABEA0

tetradic

#A09ABE #BE9AA6 #B8BE9A #9ABEB2

square

#A09ABE #BE9AA6 #B8BE9A #9ABEB2

split-complementary

#A09ABE #BEB29A #A6BE9A

monochromatic

#5F5787 #7D75A6 #A09ABE #C3BFD6 #E6E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A09ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09ABE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09ABE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.052 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7d1',
    500: '#a09abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09abe;
$custom-light: #bcb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70361,
    "c": 0.05243,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09ABE

secondary

#DEE0D4

accent

#A04591

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09ABE

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

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