#A09CBC#A09CBC

#A09CBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.046 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CBC
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(248, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(248, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 7.98, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 17.86, 296.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0166 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.046 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4608, 34.8811, 52.4317)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CBC #B8BC9C

analogous

#9CA8BC #A09CBC #B09CBC

triadic

#A09CBC #BCA09C #9CBCA0

tetradic

#A09CBC #BC9CA8 #B8BC9C #9CBCB0

square

#A09CBC #BC9CA8 #B8BC9C #9CBCB0

split-complementary

#A09CBC #BCB09C #A8BC9C

monochromatic

#5F5984 #7D78A3 #A09CBC #C3C0D5 #E6E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A09CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A09CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CBC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CBC	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.046 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9d0',
    500: '#a09cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cbc;
$custom-light: #bcb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.04643,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CBC

secondary

#DEDFD5

accent

#9E4893

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CBC

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

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