#A09DAD#A09DAD

#A09DAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.023 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09DAD
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 4.24, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 8.97, 298.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0096 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.023 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0956, 34.6046, 44.4102)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09DAD #AAAD9D

analogous

#9DA2AD #A09DAD #A89DAD

triadic

#A09DAD #ADA09D #9DADA0

tetradic

#A09DAD #AD9DA2 #AAAD9D #9DADA8

square

#A09DAD #AD9DA2 #AAAD9D #9DADA8

split-complementary

#A09DAD #ADA89D #A2AD9D

monochromatic

#625F71 #807C91 #A09DAD #C0BEC9 #E1E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A09DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09DAD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09DAD	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.023 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c5',
    500: '#a09dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09dad;
$custom-light: #bcb9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70364,
    "c": 0.02329,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09DAD

secondary

#D5D6D0

accent

#935387

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09DAD

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

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