#A09CD3#A09CD3

#A09CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.080 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD3
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(244, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 13.26, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 30.54, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.024 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.08 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1407, 35.9530, 66.5456)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD3 #CFD39C

analogous

#9CB4D3 #A09CD3 #BC9CD3

triadic

#A09CD3 #D3A09C #9CD3A0

tetradic

#A09CD3 #D39CB4 #CFD39C #9CD3BC

square

#A09CD3 #D39CB4 #CFD39C #9CD3BC

split-complementary

#A09CD3 #D3BC9C #B4D39C

monochromatic

#524BA9 #7772C0 #A09CD3 #C9C6E6 #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A09CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A09CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD3

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD3	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.080 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e0',
    500: '#a09cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd3;
$custom-light: #bdb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.364,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD3

secondary

#EBECDF

accent

#B134A8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD3

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

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