#A09BAE#A09BAE

#A09BAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.028 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BAE
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 5.56, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 10.76, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.013 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.028 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8571, 33.9722, 44.8098)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BAE #A9AE9B

analogous

#9BA0AE #A09BAE #AA9BAE

triadic

#A09BAE #AEA09B #9BAEA0

tetradic

#A09BAE #AE9BA0 #A9AE9B #9BAEAA

square

#A09BAE #AE9BA0 #A9AE9B #9BAEAA

split-complementary

#A09BAE #AEAA9B #A0AE9B

monochromatic

#625C72 #807993 #A09BAE #C0BDC9 #E0DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A09BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A09BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BAE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BAE	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.028 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8c6',
    500: '#a09bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bae;
$custom-light: #bcb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 10.497,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69984,
    "c": 0.02796,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BAE

secondary

#D4D6CF

accent

#955183

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BAE

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

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