#A09BCE#A09BCE

#A09BCE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.074 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BCE
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(246, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 12.64, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 28.39, 296.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0239 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.074 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3565, 35.3720, 63.2399)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BCE #C9CE9B

analogous

#9BAFCE #A09BCE #B99BCE

triadic

#A09BCE #CEA09B #9BCEA0

tetradic

#A09BCE #CE9BAF #C9CE9B #9BCEB9

square

#A09BCE #CE9BAF #C9CE9B #9BCEB9

split-complementary

#A09BCE #CEB99B #AFCE9B

monochromatic

#564EA0 #7972BA #A09BCE #C7C4E2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A09BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A09BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BCE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BCE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.074 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb8dd',
    500: '#a09bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bce;
$custom-light: #bdb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.882,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.07385,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BCE

secondary

#E8E9DC

accent

#AD38A2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BCE

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

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