#A09CD4#A09CD4

#A09CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.081 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD4
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(244, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 13.50, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.09, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0243 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.081 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2664, 36.0033, 67.2078)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD4 #D0D49C

analogous

#9CB4D4 #A09CD4 #BC9CD4

triadic

#A09CD4 #D4A09C #9CD4A0

tetradic

#A09CD4 #D49CB4 #D0D49C #9CD4BC

square

#A09CD4 #D49CB4 #D0D49C #9CD4BC

split-complementary

#A09CD4 #D4BC9C #B4D49C

monochromatic

#514AAB #7771C1 #A09CD4 #C9C7E7 #EBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A09CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A09CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD4	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.081 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e1',
    500: '#a09cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd4;
$custom-light: #bdb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.08093,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD4

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B233A9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD4

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

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