#A09BB4#A09BB4

#A09BB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.037 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BB4
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 6.81, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 14.05, 299.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0152 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.037 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4551, 34.2114, 47.9594)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BB4 #AFB49B

analogous

#9BA2B4 #A09BB4 #AC9BB4

triadic

#A09BB4 #B4A09B #9BB4A0

tetradic

#A09BB4 #B49BA2 #AFB49B #9BB4AC

square

#A09BB4 #B49BA2 #AFB49B #9BB4AC

split-complementary

#A09BB4 #B4AC9B #A2B49B

monochromatic

#615B79 #7F789A #A09BB4 #C1BECE #E2E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A09BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BB4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BB4	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.037 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8ca',
    500: '#a09bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bb4;
$custom-light: #bcb8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70194,
    "c": 0.03651,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BB4

secondary

#D8DAD1

accent

#984D89

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BB4

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

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