#A09CB6#A09CB6

#A09CB6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.038 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CB6
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(249, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(249, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 6.68, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 14.55, 297.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0144 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.038 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8274, 34.6277, 49.0959)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CB6 #B2B69C

analogous

#9CA5B6 #A09CB6 #AD9CB6

triadic

#A09CB6 #B6A09C #9CB6A0

tetradic

#A09CB6 #B69CA5 #B2B69C #9CB6AD

square

#A09CB6 #B69CA5 #B2B69C #9CB6AD

split-complementary

#A09CB6 #B6AD9C #A5B69C

monochromatic

#615C7C #7E799C #A09CB6 #C2BFD0 #E4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A09CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CB6

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CB6	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.038 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9cb',
    500: '#a09cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cb6;
$custom-light: #bcb9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70471,
    "c": 0.03779,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CB6

secondary

#DADBD3

accent

#994C8D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CB6

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

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