#A09BD4#A09BD4

#A09BD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.082 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BD4
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 212)
HSL	hsl(245, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(245, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 14.07, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 31.69, 296.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0257 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.082 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0993, 35.6691, 67.1521)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BD4 #CFD49B

analogous

#9BB3D4 #A09BD4 #BD9BD4

triadic

#A09BD4 #D4A09B #9BD4A0

tetradic

#A09BD4 #D49BB3 #CFD49B #9BD4BD

square

#A09BD4 #D49BB3 #CFD49B #9BD4BD

split-complementary

#A09BD4 #D4BD9B #B3D49B

monochromatic

#524AAB #7770C2 #A09BD4 #C9C6E6 #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A09BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A09BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BD4

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BD4	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.082 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb8e1',
    500: '#a09bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bd4;
$custom-light: #bdb8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.263,
    "s": 39.86,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.08243,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BD4

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B333A8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BD4

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

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