#A09CB8#A09CB8

#A09CB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.041 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CB8
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(249, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 7.11, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 15.65, 297.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0152 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.041 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0356, 34.7110, 50.1922)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CB8 #B4B89C

analogous

#9CA6B8 #A09CB8 #AE9CB8

triadic

#A09CB8 #B8A09C #9CB8A0

tetradic

#A09CB8 #B89CA6 #B4B89C #9CB8AE

square

#A09CB8 #B89CA6 #B4B89C #9CB8AE

split-complementary

#A09CB8 #B8AE9C #A6B89C

monochromatic

#605B7F #7E789E #A09CB8 #C2C0D2 #E4E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A09CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CB8

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CB8	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.041 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9cd',
    500: '#a09cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cb8;
$custom-light: #bcb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70544,
    "c": 0.04067,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CB8

secondary

#DBDCD3

accent

#9B4B8F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CB8

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

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