#A09BAD#A09BAD

#A09BAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.027 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BAD
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 5.35, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 10.21, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0126 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.027 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7600, 33.9334, 44.2983)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BAD #A8AD9B

analogous

#9B9FAD #A09BAD #A99BAD

triadic

#A09BAD #ADA09B #9BADA0

tetradic

#A09BAD #AD9B9F #A8AD9B #9BADA9

square

#A09BAD #AD9B9F #A8AD9B #9BADA9

split-complementary

#A09BAD #ADA99B #9FAD9B

monochromatic

#625D71 #807991 #A09BAD #C0BDC9 #E0DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A09BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A09BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BAD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BAD	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.027 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8c5',
    500: '#a09bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bad;
$custom-light: #bcb8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 9.89,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.02653,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BAD

secondary

#D3D5CF

accent

#945281

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BAD

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

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