#A09CB2#A09CB2

#A09CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.032 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CB2
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(251, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 5.83, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 12.34, 298.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.013 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.032 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4200, 34.4647, 46.9499)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CB2 #AEB29C

analogous

#9CA3B2 #A09CB2 #AB9CB2

triadic

#A09CB2 #B2A09C #9CB2A0

tetradic

#A09CB2 #B29CA3 #AEB29C #9CB2AB

square

#A09CB2 #B29CA3 #AEB29C #9CB2AB

split-complementary

#A09CB2 #B2AB9C #A3B29C

monochromatic

#615D77 #7F7A97 #A09CB2 #C1BECD #E2E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A09CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A09CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CB2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CB2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.032 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c9',
    500: '#a09cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cb2;
$custom-light: #bcb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.03205,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CB2

secondary

#D7D9D1

accent

#974F8A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CB2

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

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