#A09CAB#A09CAB

#A09CAB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.022 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CAB
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(256, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 4.38, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 8.49, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0104 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.022 298)
XYZ	xyz(33.7350, 34.1907, 43.3424)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CAB #A7AB9C

analogous

#9CA0AB #A09CAB #A89CAB

triadic

#A09CAB #ABA09C #9CABA0

tetradic

#A09CAB #AB9CA0 #A7AB9C #9CABA8

square

#A09CAB #AB9CA0 #A7AB9C #9CABA8

split-complementary

#A09CAB #ABA89C #A0AB9C

monochromatic

#625E6F #807B8F #A09CAB #C0BDC7 #E0DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A09CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A09CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CAB

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CAB	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.022 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c4',
    500: '#a09cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cab;
$custom-light: #bcb9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70089,
    "c": 0.02205,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.34191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CAB

secondary

#D3D4CF

accent

#925381

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CAB

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

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