#A09CD1#A09CD1

#A09CD1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.077 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD1
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(245, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(245, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 12.79, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 29.44, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0234 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.077 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8915, 35.8533, 65.2333)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD1 #CDD19C

analogous

#9CB3D1 #A09CD1 #BB9CD1

triadic

#A09CD1 #D1A09C #9CD1A0

tetradic

#A09CD1 #D19CB3 #CDD19C #9CD1BB

square

#A09CD1 #D19CB3 #CDD19C #9CD1BB

split-complementary

#A09CD1 #D1BB9C #B3D19C

monochromatic

#544DA6 #7872BE #A09CD1 #C8C6E4 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A09CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A09CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD1

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD1	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.077 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9df',
    500: '#a09cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd1;
$custom-light: #bdb9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.528,
    "s": 36.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD1

secondary

#EAEBDE

accent

#AF36A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD1

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

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