#A09EBA#A09EBA

#A09EBA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.041 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EBA
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(244, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(244, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 6.43, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 15.56, 294.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0129 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.041 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5851, 35.4722, 51.4169)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EBA #B8BA9E

analogous

#9EAABA #A09EBA #AE9EBA

triadic

#A09EBA #BAA09E #9EBAA0

tetradic

#A09EBA #BA9EAA #B8BA9E #9EBAAE

square

#A09EBA #BA9EAA #B8BA9E #9EBAAE

split-complementary

#A09EBA #BAAE9E #AABA9E

monochromatic

#5F5C81 #7D7AA1 #A09EBA #C3C2D3 #E6E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A09EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A09EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EBA

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EBA	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.041 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbace',
    500: '#a09eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09eba;
$custom-light: #bcbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.0405,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EBA

secondary

#DEDED6

accent

#9B4A95

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EBA

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

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