#A09BB2#A09BB2

#A09BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.034 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BB2
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 6.39, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 12.95, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0145 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.034 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2528, 34.1305, 46.8942)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BB2 #ADB29B

analogous

#9BA2B2 #A09BB2 #AB9BB2

triadic

#A09BB2 #B2A09B #9BB2A0

tetradic

#A09BB2 #B29BA2 #ADB29B #9BB2AB

square

#A09BB2 #B29BA2 #ADB29B #9BB2AB

split-complementary

#A09BB2 #B2AB9B #A2B29B

monochromatic

#625C77 #7F7897 #A09BB2 #C1BECD #E2E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A09BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BB2

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BB2	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)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.034 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8c9',
    500: '#a09bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bb2;
$custom-light: #bcb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70123,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BB2

secondary

#D7D8D1

accent

#974E87

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BB2

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

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