#A09CD6#A09CD6

#A09CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.084 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD6
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 13.98, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 32.19, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0248 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.084 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5203, 36.1048, 68.5448)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD6 #D2D69C

analogous

#9CB5D6 #A09CD6 #BD9CD6

triadic

#A09CD6 #D6A09C #9CD6A0

tetradic

#A09CD6 #D69CB5 #D2D69C #9CD6BD

square

#A09CD6 #D69CB5 #D2D69C #9CD6BD

split-complementary

#A09CD6 #D6BD9C #B5D69C

monochromatic

#5049AF #7671C4 #A09CD6 #CAC7E8 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A09CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A09CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD6

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD6	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.084 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e2',
    500: '#a09cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd6;
$custom-light: #bdb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.138,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD6

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B431AB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD6

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

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