#A09CD5#A09CD5

#A09CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.082 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD5
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(244, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 13.74, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 31.64, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0246 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.082 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3929, 36.0539, 67.8742)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD5 #D1D59C

analogous

#9CB4D5 #A09CD5 #BD9CD5

triadic

#A09CD5 #D5A09C #9CD5A0

tetradic

#A09CD5 #D59CB4 #D1D59C #9CD5BD

square

#A09CD5 #D59CB4 #D1D59C #9CD5BD

split-complementary

#A09CD5 #D5BD9C #B4D59C

monochromatic

#5049AD #7771C3 #A09CD5 #C9C7E7 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A09CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A09CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD5	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.082 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e2',
    500: '#a09cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd5;
$custom-light: #bdb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.211,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD5

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B332AA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD5

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

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