#A09EBC#A09EBC

#A09EBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.043 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EBC
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(244, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(244, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 6.86, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 16.66, 294.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0136 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.043 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7992, 35.5578, 52.5445)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EBC #BABC9E

analogous

#9EABBC #A09EBC #AF9EBC

triadic

#A09EBC #BCA09E #9EBCA0

tetradic

#A09EBC #BC9EAB #BABC9E #9EBCAF

square

#A09EBC #BC9EAB #BABC9E #9EBCAF

split-complementary

#A09EBC #BCAF9E #ABBC9E

monochromatic

#5E5B84 #7D7AA3 #A09EBC #C3C2D5 #E7E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A09EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A09EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EBC

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EBC	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.043 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbad0',
    500: '#a09ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ebc;
$custom-light: #bcbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.711,
    "c": 0.04339,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EBC

secondary

#DFE0D6

accent

#9D4997

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EBC

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

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