#A09CED#A09CED

#A09CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CED
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(243, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(243, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 19.71, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 44.76, 296.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0308 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.116 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6676, 37.3638, 85.1209)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CED #E9ED9C

analogous

#9CC1ED #A09CED #C99CED

triadic

#A09CED #EDA09C #9CEDA0

tetradic

#A09CED #ED9CC1 #E9ED9C #9CEDC9

square

#A09CED #ED9CC1 #E9ED9C #9CEDC9

split-complementary

#A09CED #EDC99C #C1ED9C

monochromatic

#3D34DA #6E68E4 #A09CED #D2D0F6 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A09CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A09CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CED

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CED	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb9f3',
    500: '#a09ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ced;
$custom-light: #beb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.963,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CED

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D114C8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CED

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

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