#A09EB4#A09EB4

#A09EB4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.032 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EB4
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(245, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 5.14, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 12.24, 294.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0107 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.032 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9606, 35.2224, 48.1279)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EB4 #B2B49E

analogous

#9EA7B4 #A09EB4 #AB9EB4

triadic

#A09EB4 #B4A09E #9EB4A0

tetradic

#A09EB4 #B49EA7 #B2B49E #9EB4AB

square

#A09EB4 #B49EA7 #B2B49E #9EB4AB

split-complementary

#A09EB4 #B4AB9E #A7B49E

monochromatic

#615E7A #7E7B99 #A09EB4 #C2C1CF #E4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A09EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A09EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EB4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EB4	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)

#99A1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.032 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaca',
    500: '#a09eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09eb4;
$custom-light: #bcbaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70812,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EB4

secondary

#DADAD3

accent

#974F90

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EB4

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

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