#A09CD8#A09CD8

#A09CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD8
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(244, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(244, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 14.46, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 33.29, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0254 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.087 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7772, 36.2076, 69.8982)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD8 #D4D89C

analogous

#9CB6D8 #A09CD8 #BE9CD8

triadic

#A09CD8 #D8A09C #9CD8A0

tetradic

#A09CD8 #D89CB6 #D4D89C #9CD8BE

square

#A09CD8 #D89CB6 #D4D89C #9CD8BE

split-complementary

#A09CD8 #D8BE9C #B6D89C

monochromatic

#4E47B3 #7670C7 #A09CD8 #CAC8E9 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A09CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A09CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD8	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e4',
    500: '#a09cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd8;
$custom-light: #bdb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD8

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B72FAE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD8

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

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