#A09FBD#A09FBD

#A09FBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.043 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09FBD
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(242, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(242, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 6.52, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 16.63, 293.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0125 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.043 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0786, 35.9436, 53.1713)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09FBD #BCBD9F

analogous

#9FADBD #A09FBD #AF9FBD

triadic

#A09FBD #BDA09F #9FBDA0

tetradic

#A09FBD #BD9FAD #BCBD9F #9FBDAF

square

#A09FBD #BD9FAD #BCBD9F #9FBDAF

split-complementary

#A09FBD #BDAF9F #ADBD9F

monochromatic

#5D5C86 #7C7BA4 #A09FBD #C4C3D6 #E8E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A09FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A09FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09FBD

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09FBD	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.043 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbbd1',
    500: '#a09fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09fbd;
$custom-light: #bcbbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09FBD

secondary

#E0E0D7

accent

#9D499A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09FBD

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

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