#A09BB6#A09BB6

#A09BB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.039 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BB6
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(251, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 7.24, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 15.16, 298.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0159 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.039 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6603, 34.2935, 49.0402)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BB6 #B1B69B

analogous

#9BA3B6 #A09BB6 #AD9BB6

triadic

#A09BB6 #B6A09B #9BB6A0

tetradic

#A09BB6 #B69BA3 #B1B69B #9BB6AD

square

#A09BB6 #B69BA3 #B1B69B #9BB6AD

split-complementary

#A09BB6 #B6AD9B #A3B69B

monochromatic

#615B7C #7E789C #A09BB6 #C2BED0 #E3E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A09BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BB6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BB6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.039 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8cb',
    500: '#a09bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bb6;
$custom-light: #bcb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 15.607,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.03937,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BB6

secondary

#D9DBD2

accent

#9A4C8B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BB6

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

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