#A09BCD#A09BCD

#A09BCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.072 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BCD
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(246, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 12.41, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 27.84, 296.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0236 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.072 289)
XYZ	xyz(37.2354, 35.3235, 62.6021)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BCD #C8CD9B

analogous

#9BAFCD #A09BCD #B99BCD

triadic

#A09BCD #CDA09B #9BCDA0

tetradic

#A09BCD #CD9BAF #C8CD9B #9BCDB9

square

#A09BCD #CD9BAF #C8CD9B #9BCDB9

split-complementary

#A09BCD #CDB99B #AFCD9B

monochromatic

#574F9E #7972B9 #A09BCD #C7C4E1 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A09BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A09BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BCD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BCD	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.072 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8dc',
    500: '#a09bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bcd;
$custom-light: #bcb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71158,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BCD

secondary

#E7E9DB

accent

#AC39A1

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BCD

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

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