#A09CB0#A09CB0

#A09CB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.029 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CB0
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(252, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 5.41, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 11.24, 298.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0122 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.029 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2206, 34.3850, 45.9000)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CB0 #ACB09C

analogous

#9CA2B0 #A09CB0 #AA9CB0

triadic

#A09CB0 #B0A09C #9CB0A0

tetradic

#A09CB0 #B09CA2 #ACB09C #9CB0AA

square

#A09CB0 #B09CA2 #ACB09C #9CB0AA

split-complementary

#A09CB0 #B0AA9C #A2B09C

monochromatic

#625D75 #7F7A95 #A09CB0 #C1BECB #E1E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A09CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CB0

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CB0	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.029 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c7',
    500: '#a09cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cb0;
$custom-light: #bcb9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.02918,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CB0

secondary

#D6D7D1

accent

#955087

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CB0

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

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