#A09EB8#A09EB8

#A09EB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.038 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EB8
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(245, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 5.99, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 14.45, 294.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0122 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.038 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3740, 35.3877, 50.3050)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EB8 #B6B89E

analogous

#9EA9B8 #A09EB8 #AD9EB8

triadic

#A09EB8 #B8A09E #9EB8A0

tetradic

#A09EB8 #B89EA9 #B6B89E #9EB8AD

square

#A09EB8 #B89EA9 #B6B89E #9EB8AD

split-complementary

#A09EB8 #B8AD9E #A9B89E

monochromatic

#5F5D7F #7D7B9E #A09EB8 #C3C1D2 #E5E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A09EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A09EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EB8

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EB8	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.038 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbacd',
    500: '#a09eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09eb8;
$custom-light: #bcbacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.0376,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EB8

secondary

#DCDDD5

accent

#9A4C94

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EB8

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

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