#A09DAE#A09DAE

#A09DAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.025 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09DAE
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 4.44, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 9.52, 297.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.01 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.025 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1927, 34.6434, 44.9217)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09DAE #ABAE9D

analogous

#9DA3AE #A09DAE #A89DAE

triadic

#A09DAE #AEA09D #9DAEA0

tetradic

#A09DAE #AE9DA3 #ABAE9D #9DAEA8

square

#A09DAE #AE9DA3 #ABAE9D #9DAEA8

split-complementary

#A09DAE #AEA89D #A3AE9D

monochromatic

#625E72 #807B92 #A09DAE #C0BFCA #E1E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A09DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A09DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09DAE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09DAE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.025 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9c6',
    500: '#a09dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09dae;
$custom-light: #bcb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 9.497,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70398,
    "c": 0.02472,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09DAE

secondary

#D5D6D1

accent

#945288

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09DAE

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

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