#A09BB0#A09BB0

#A09BB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.031 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BB0
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 176)
HSL	hsl(254, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 5.97, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 11.86, 300.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0137 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.031 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0535, 34.0508, 45.8443)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BB0 #ABB09B

analogous

#9BA0B0 #A09BB0 #AB9BB0

triadic

#A09BB0 #B0A09B #9BB0A0

tetradic

#A09BB0 #B09BA0 #ABB09B #9BB0AB

square

#A09BB0 #B09BA0 #ABB09B #9BB0AB

split-complementary

#A09BB0 #B0AB9B #A0B09B

monochromatic

#625C75 #807995 #A09BB0 #C0BDCB #E1DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A09BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A09BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BB0

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BB0	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.031 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8c7',
    500: '#a09bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bb0;
$custom-light: #bcb8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 11.732,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70053,
    "c": 0.0308,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BB0

secondary

#D5D7D0

accent

#965085

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BB0

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

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