#A09CBB#A09CBB

#A09CBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.045 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CBB
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(248, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(248, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 7.76, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 17.31, 296.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0162 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.045 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3534, 34.8381, 51.8660)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CBB #B7BB9C

analogous

#9CA8BB #A09CBB #B09CBB

triadic

#A09CBB #BBA09C #9CBBA0

tetradic

#A09CBB #BB9CA8 #B7BB9C #9CBBB0

square

#A09CBB #BB9CA8 #B7BB9C #9CBBB0

split-complementary

#A09CBB #BBB09C #A8BB9C

monochromatic

#5F5A83 #7D78A2 #A09CBB #C3C0D4 #E6E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A09CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A09CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CBB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CBB	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.045 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9cf',
    500: '#a09cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cbb;
$custom-light: #bcb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.742,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.04499,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CBB

secondary

#DDDED5

accent

#9D4992

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CBB

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

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