#A09CD7#A09CD7

#A09CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.085 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD7
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(244, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(244, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 14.22, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 32.74, 295.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0251 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.085 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6484, 36.1561, 69.2194)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD7 #D3D79C

analogous

#9CB5D7 #A09CD7 #BD9CD7

triadic

#A09CD7 #D7A09C #9CD7A0

tetradic

#A09CD7 #D79CB5 #D3D79C #9CD7BD

square

#A09CD7 #D79CB5 #D3D79C #9CD7BD

split-complementary

#A09CD7 #D7BD9C #B5D79C

monochromatic

#4F48B1 #7670C5 #A09CD7 #CAC8E9 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A09CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A09CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD7

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD7	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.085 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e3',
    500: '#a09cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd7;
$custom-light: #bdb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.068,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.08522,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD7

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B630AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD7

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

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