#A09DEB#A09DEB

#A09DEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09DEB
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(242, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 18.63, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 43.07, 295.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.029 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.112 285)
XYZ	xyz(41.5456, 37.5846, 83.6468)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09DEB #E8EB9D

analogous

#9DC1EB #A09DEB #C79DEB

triadic

#A09DEB #EBA09D #9DEBA0

tetradic

#A09DEB #EB9DC1 #E8EB9D #9DEBC7

square

#A09DEB #EB9DC1 #E8EB9D #9DEBC7

split-complementary

#A09DEB #EBC79D #C1EB9D

monochromatic

#3D37D6 #6F6AE1 #A09DEB #D1D0F5 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A09DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A09DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09DEB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09DEB	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb9f1',
    500: '#a09deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09deb;
$custom-light: #beb9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.37586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09DEB

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CE18C7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09DEB

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

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