#A09CD9#A09CD9

#A09CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.088 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CD9
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(244, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(244, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 14.71, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 33.84, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0257 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.088 287)
XYZ	xyz(38.9069, 36.2595, 70.5811)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CD9 #D5D99C

analogous

#9CB6D9 #A09CD9 #BE9CD9

triadic

#A09CD9 #D9A09C #9CD9A0

tetradic

#A09CD9 #D99CB6 #D5D99C #9CD9BE

square

#A09CD9 #D99CB6 #D5D99C #9CD9BE

split-complementary

#A09CD9 #D9BE9C #B6D99C

monochromatic

#4D46B5 #7670C8 #A09CD9 #CAC8EA #EAE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A09CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A09CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CD9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CD9	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.088 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e5',
    500: '#a09cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cd9;
$custom-light: #bdb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.934,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71866,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.3626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CD9

secondary

#ECEDDE

accent

#B82EAF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121115

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CD9

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

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