#A09CDB#A09CDB

#A09CDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.091 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CDB
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(244, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(244, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 15.20, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 34.93, 295.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0263 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.091 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1686, 36.3642, 71.9594)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CDB #D7DB9C

analogous

#9CB7DB #A09CDB #BF9CDB

triadic

#A09CDB #DBA09C #9CDBA0

tetradic

#A09CDB #DB9CB7 #D7DB9C #9CDBBF

square

#A09CDB #DB9CB7 #D7DB9C #9CDBBF

split-complementary

#A09CDB #DBBF9C #B7DB9C

monochromatic

#4B43B9 #756FCB #A09CDB #CBC9EB #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A09CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A09CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CDB

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CDB	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.091 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb9e6',
    500: '#a09cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cdb;
$custom-light: #bdb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.81,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71953,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CDB

secondary

#EDEEDD

accent

#BA2CB1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CDB

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

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