#A09BC9#A09BC9

#A09BC9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.067 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BC9
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(247, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(247, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 11.48, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 25.64, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0223 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.067 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7587, 35.1329, 60.0917)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BC9 #C4C99B

analogous

#9BADC9 #A09BC9 #B79BC9

triadic

#A09BC9 #C9A09B #9BC9A0

tetradic

#A09BC9 #C99BAD #C4C99B #9BC9B7

square

#A09BC9 #C99BAD #C4C99B #9BC9B7

split-complementary

#A09BC9 #C9B79B #ADC99B

monochromatic

#595298 #7A73B4 #A09BC9 #C6C3DE #ECEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A09BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A09BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BC9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BC9	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.067 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8d9',
    500: '#a09bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bc9;
$custom-light: #bcb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.522,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70995,
    "c": 0.06668,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BC9

secondary

#E5E6D9

accent

#A93D9D

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BC9

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

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