#A09EB2#A09EB2

#A09EB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.029 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EB2
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(246, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(246, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 4.72, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 11.13, 295.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.01 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.029 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7583, 35.1415, 47.0626)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EB2 #B0B29E

analogous

#9EA6B2 #A09EB2 #AA9EB2

triadic

#A09EB2 #B2A09E #9EB2A0

tetradic

#A09EB2 #B29EA6 #B0B29E #9EB2AA

square

#A09EB2 #B29EA6 #B0B29E #9EB2AA

split-complementary

#A09EB2 #B2AA9E #A6B29E

monochromatic

#615F77 #7F7C97 #A09EB2 #C1C0CD #E3E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A09EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A09EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EB2

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EB2	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.029 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbac9',
    500: '#a09eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09eb2;
$custom-light: #bcbac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 11.494,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.02892,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EB2

secondary

#D9D9D3

accent

#96508F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EB2

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

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