#A09BC2#A09BC2

#A09BC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.057 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BC2
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(248, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(248, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 9.88, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 21.78, 296.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0201 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.057 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9540, 34.8110, 55.8535)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BC2 #BDC29B

analogous

#9BA9C2 #A09BC2 #B39BC2

triadic

#A09BC2 #C2A09B #9BC2A0

tetradic

#A09BC2 #C29BA9 #BDC29B #9BC2B3

square

#A09BC2 #C29BA9 #BDC29B #9BC2B3

split-complementary

#A09BC2 #C2B39B #A9C29B

monochromatic

#5D568D #7C75AB #A09BC2 #C4C1D9 #E8E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A09BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BC2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BC2	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.057 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8d4',
    500: '#a09bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bc2;
$custom-light: #bcb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.692,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BC2

secondary

#E1E2D7

accent

#A34396

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BC2

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

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