#A09BBD#A09BBD

#A09BBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.049 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BBD
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(249, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 8.76, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 19.02, 297.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0184 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.049 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4019, 34.5901, 52.9457)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BBD #B8BD9B

analogous

#9BA7BD #A09BBD #B19BBD

triadic

#A09BBD #BDA09B #9BBDA0

tetradic

#A09BBD #BD9BA7 #B8BD9B #9BBDB1

square

#A09BBD #BD9BA7 #B8BD9B #9BBDB1

split-complementary

#A09BBD #BDB19B #A7BD9B

monochromatic

#5F5885 #7D76A5 #A09BBD #C3C0D5 #E6E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A09BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BBD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BBD	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.049 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8d1',
    500: '#a09bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bbd;
$custom-light: #bcb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70525,
    "c": 0.04942,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BBD

secondary

#DEDFD5

accent

#9F4792

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BBD

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

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