#A09ECB#A09ECB

#A09ECB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09ECB
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(243, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 10.25, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 24.94, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0187 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.065 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5010, 36.2385, 61.5073)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09ECB #C9CB9E

analogous

#9EB2CB #A09ECB #B69ECB

triadic

#A09ECB #CBA09E #9ECBA0

tetradic

#A09ECB #CB9EB2 #C9CB9E #9ECBB6

square

#A09ECB #CB9EB2 #C9CB9E #9ECBB6

split-complementary

#A09ECB #CBB69E #B2CB9E

monochromatic

#56539B #7976B6 #A09ECB #C7C6E0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A09ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A09ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09ECB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09ECB	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbadb',
    500: '#a09ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09ecb;
$custom-light: #bcbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.667,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71678,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09ECB

secondary

#E8E8DC

accent

#A93DA4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09ECB

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

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