#A09CD2#A09CD2

#A09CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.078 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD2
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(244, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 13.02, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 29.99, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0237 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.078 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0157, 35.9030, 65.8874)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD2 #CED29C

analogous

#9CB3D2 #A09CD2 #BB9CD2

triadic

#A09CD2 #D2A09C #9CD2A0

tetradic

#A09CD2 #D29CB3 #CED29C #9CD2BB

square

#A09CD2 #D29CB3 #CED29C #9CD2BB

split-complementary

#A09CD2 #D2BB9C #B3D29C

monochromatic

#534CA7 #7872BF #A09CD2 #C8C6E5 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A09CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A09CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD2	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.078 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e0',
    500: '#a09cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd2;
$custom-light: #bdb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71566,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD2

secondary

#EBECDE

accent

#B035A7

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD2

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

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