#A09BB5#A09BB5

#A09BB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.038 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BB5
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(252, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 7.03, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 14.61, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0156 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.038 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5574, 34.2523, 48.4979)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BB5 #B0B59B

analogous

#9BA3B5 #A09BB5 #AD9BB5

triadic

#A09BB5 #B5A09B #9BB5A0

tetradic

#A09BB5 #B59BA3 #B0B59B #9BB5AD

square

#A09BB5 #B59BA3 #B0B59B #9BB5AD

split-complementary

#A09BB5 #B5AD9B #A3B59B

monochromatic

#615B7B #7F789B #A09BB5 #C1BECF #E3E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A09BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BB5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BB5	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.038 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8cb',
    500: '#a09bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bb5;
$custom-light: #bcb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7023,
    "c": 0.03794,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BB5

secondary

#D9DAD2

accent

#994C8A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BB5

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

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