#A09BBE#A09BBE

#A09BBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.051 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BBE
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(249, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 8.99, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 19.57, 297.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0187 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.051 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5108, 34.6337, 53.5193)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BBE #B9BE9B

analogous

#9BA8BE #A09BBE #B19BBE

triadic

#A09BBE #BEA09B #9BBEA0

tetradic

#A09BBE #BE9BA8 #B9BE9B #9BBEB1

square

#A09BBE #BE9BA8 #B9BE9B #9BBEB1

split-complementary

#A09BBE #BEB19B #A8BE9B

monochromatic

#5E5887 #7D76A6 #A09BBE #C3C0D6 #E6E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A09BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BBE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BBE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.051 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8d1',
    500: '#a09bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bbe;
$custom-light: #bcb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.05087,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BBE

secondary

#DEE0D5

accent

#A04693

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BBE

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

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