#A09CB4#A09CB4

#A09CB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.035 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CB4
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(250, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 6.25, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 13.44, 297.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0137 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.035 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6222, 34.5456, 48.0151)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CB4 #B0B49C

analogous

#9CA4B4 #A09CB4 #AC9CB4

triadic

#A09CB4 #B4A09C #9CB4A0

tetradic

#A09CB4 #B49CA4 #B0B49C #9CB4AC

square

#A09CB4 #B49CA4 #B0B49C #9CB4AC

split-complementary

#A09CB4 #B4AC9C #A4B49C

monochromatic

#615C7A #7F799A #A09CB4 #C1BFCE #E3E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A09CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A09CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CB4

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CB4	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.035 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9ca',
    500: '#a09cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cb4;
$custom-light: #bcb9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.704,
    "c": 0.03491,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CB4

secondary

#D9DAD2

accent

#984E8C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CB4

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

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