#A09FBB#A09FBB

#A09FBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.040 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FBB
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(242, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 6.08, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 15.52, 293.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0118 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.04 287)
XYZ	xyz(35.8630, 35.8574, 52.0358)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FBB #BABB9F

analogous

#9FACBB #A09FBB #AE9FBB

triadic

#A09FBB #BBA09F #9FBBA0

tetradic

#A09FBB #BB9FAC #BABB9F #9FBBAE

square

#A09FBB #BB9FAC #BABB9F #9FBBAE

split-complementary

#A09FBB #BBAE9F #ACBB9F

monochromatic

#5E5D83 #7D7BA2 #A09FBB #C3C3D4 #E7E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A09FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A09FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FBB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FBB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.040 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbcf',
    500: '#a09fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fbb;
$custom-light: #bcbbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71269,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.35858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FBB

secondary

#DFDFD7

accent

#9B4A98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FBB

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

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