#A09CEE#A09CEE

#A09CEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09CEE
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(243, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(243, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 19.96, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 45.31, 296.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0311 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.118 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8141, 37.4224, 85.8925)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09CEE #EAEE9C

analogous

#9CC1EE #A09CEE #C99CEE

triadic

#A09CEE #EEA09C #9CEEA0

tetradic

#A09CEE #EE9CC1 #EAEE9C #9CEEC9

square

#A09CEE #EE9CC1 #EAEE9C #9CEEC9

split-complementary

#A09CEE #EEC99C #C1EE9C

monochromatic

#3C34DC #6E68E5 #A09CEE #D2D0F7 #E6E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A09CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A09CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09CEE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09CEE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb9f4',
    500: '#a09cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09cee;
$custom-light: #beb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.927,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09CEE

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#D313C9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09CEE

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

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