#A09EBE#A09EBE

#A09EBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.046 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09EBE
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(244, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(244, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 7.30, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 17.77, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0143 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.046 288)
XYZ	xyz(36.0163, 35.6446, 53.6878)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09EBE #BCBE9E

analogous

#9EACBE #A09EBE #B09EBE

triadic

#A09EBE #BEA09E #9EBEA0

tetradic

#A09EBE #BE9EAC #BCBE9E #9EBEB0

square

#A09EBE #BE9EAC #BCBE9E #9EBEB0

split-complementary

#A09EBE #BEB09E #ACBE9E

monochromatic

#5D5B87 #7C79A5 #A09EBE #C4C3D7 #E8E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A09EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A09EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09EBE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09EBE	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.046 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbad1',
    500: '#a09ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ebe;
$custom-light: #bcbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.04628,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.35645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09EBE

secondary

#E0E1D7

accent

#9E4799

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09EBE

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

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