#A09DBB#A09DBB

#A09DBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.043 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09DBB
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(246, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(246, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 7.20, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 16.70, 295.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0147 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.043 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5219, 35.1751, 51.9221)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09DBB #B8BB9D

analogous

#9DA9BB #A09DBB #AF9DBB

triadic

#A09DBB #BBA09D #9DBBA0

tetradic

#A09DBB #BB9DA9 #B8BB9D #9DBBAF

square

#A09DBB #BB9DA9 #B8BB9D #9DBBAF

split-complementary

#A09DBB #BBAF9D #A9BB9D

monochromatic

#5F5B83 #7D79A2 #A09DBB #C3C1D4 #E6E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A09DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A09DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09DBB

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09DBB	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.043 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9cf',
    500: '#a09dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09dbb;
$custom-light: #bcb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70859,
    "c": 0.04346,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09DBB

secondary

#DEDFD5

accent

#9C4994

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09DBB

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

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