#A09EBD#A09EBD

#A09EBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.045 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EBD
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(244, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(244, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 7.08, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 17.22, 294.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.014 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.045 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9074, 35.6011, 53.1142)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EBD #BBBD9E

analogous

#9EABBD #A09EBD #AF9EBD

triadic

#A09EBD #BDA09E #9EBDA0

tetradic

#A09EBD #BD9EAB #BBBD9E #9EBDAF

square

#A09EBD #BD9EAB #BBBD9E #9EBDAF

split-complementary

#A09EBD #BDAF9E #ABBD9E

monochromatic

#5E5B86 #7C7AA4 #A09EBD #C4C2D6 #E7E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A09EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A09EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EBD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EBD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.045 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbad1',
    500: '#a09ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ebd;
$custom-light: #bcbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71137,
    "c": 0.04483,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EBD

secondary

#E0E0D7

accent

#9D4898

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EBD

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

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