#A09BD1#A09BD1

#A09BD1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.078 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BD1
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 209)
HSL	hsl(246, 37%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(246, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 13.35, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 30.05, 296.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0248 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.078 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7244, 35.5191, 65.1776)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BD1 #CCD19B

analogous

#9BB1D1 #A09BD1 #BB9BD1

triadic

#A09BD1 #D1A09B #9BD1A0

tetradic

#A09BD1 #D19BB1 #CCD19B #9BD1BB

square

#A09BD1 #D19BB1 #CCD19B #9BD1BB

split-complementary

#A09BD1 #D1BB9B #B1D19B

monochromatic

#544CA5 #7871BE #A09BD1 #C8C5E4 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A09BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A09BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BD1

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BD1	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.078 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb8df',
    500: '#a09bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bd1;
$custom-light: #bdb8df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.556,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71325,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BD1

secondary

#EAEBDD

accent

#B036A5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BD1

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

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