#A09BCB#A09BCB

#A09BCB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.070 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BCB
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(246, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(246, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 11.94, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 26.74, 296.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.023 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.07 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9955, 35.2276, 61.3388)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BCB #C6CB9B

analogous

#9BAECB #A09BCB #B89BCB

triadic

#A09BCB #CBA09B #9BCBA0

tetradic

#A09BCB #CB9BAE #C6CB9B #9BCBB8

square

#A09BCB #CB9BAE #C6CB9B #9BCBB8

split-complementary

#A09BCB #CBB89B #AECB9B

monochromatic

#58519B #7A73B6 #A09BCB #C6C3E0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A09BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A09BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BCB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BCB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.070 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8db',
    500: '#a09bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bcb;
$custom-light: #bcb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.25,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71076,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BCB

secondary

#E6E8DA

accent

#AA3B9F

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BCB

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

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