#A09BEC#A09BEC

#A09BEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BEC
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(244, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(244, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 20.02, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 44.82, 296.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0319 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.116 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3548, 36.9713, 84.2979)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BEC #E7EC9B

analogous

#9BBFEC #A09BEC #C99BEC

triadic

#A09BEC #ECA09B #9BECA0

tetradic

#A09BEC #EC9BBF #E7EC9B #9BECC9

square

#A09BEC #EC9BBF #E7EC9B #9BECC9

split-complementary

#A09BEC #ECC99B #BFEC9B

monochromatic

#3E34D8 #6F68E2 #A09BEC #D1CEF6 #E7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A09BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A09BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BEC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BEC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb8f2',
    500: '#a09bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bec;
$custom-light: #beb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.704,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BEC

secondary

#F0F2D9

accent

#D016C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BEC

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

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