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#a092cd

a light, soft blue · cool · closest name: Medium Purple

Token name suggestion: Linen Denim

RGB
160, 146, 205
HSL
254°, 37%, 69%
CMYK
22, 29, 0, 20
Luminance
0.3244

#a092cd is a light soft blue, 254° on the wheel and 75/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.49:1). As text it scores 2.80:1 on white — use #7B68BA instead. Nearest name is Medium Purple, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(254 37% 69%)rgb(160 146 205)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #a092cd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#a092cd
Hue
254°
blue
Saturation
37%
soft
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3244
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
75/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
7.49:1
Closest name
Medium Purple
ΔE2000 11.7
Chroma
33.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.694
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 18
Web-safe
#9999CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue254° of 360°
Saturation37%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #a092cd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool75% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green63%
Blue14%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#a092cd
HEX (8-digit)#a092cdff
RGBrgb(160, 146, 205)
RGBArgba(160, 146, 205, 1)
HSLhsl(254, 37%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254, 29%, 80%)
HWBhwb(254 57% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 29%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(63.7 17.5 -28.5)
LCHlch(63.7 33.4 301.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.694 0.086 294.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(35.79, 32.44, 62.12)
Decimal10523341
Display P3color(display-p3 0.627 0.573 0.804)
Web-safe#9999CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #a092cd;
background-color: #a092cd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #a092cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#a092cd] bg-[#a092cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #a092cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.627, green: 0.573, blue: 0.804)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.627, green: 0.573, blue: 0.804, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#A092CD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFA092CD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFA092CD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(205, 146, 160)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(160, 146, 205)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(160, 146, 205)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 160, 146, 205)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6275f, 0.5725f, 0.8039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{160,146,205}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #a092cd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #a092cd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#332857, #DAD5EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #a092cd h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F5FA;
  --brand-100: #EDEBF4;
  --brand-200: #D8D3E9;
  --brand-300: #BCB2DC;
  --brand-400: #a092cd;
  --brand-500: #7965B8;
  --brand-600: #624DA8;
  --brand-700: #52408C;
  --brand-800: #423370;
  --brand-900: #322852;
  --brand-950: #1F1933;
  --brand: #a092cd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F5FA;
  --brand-border: #CEC7E5;
  --brand-hover: #8B79C2;
  --brand-pressed: #7561B7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #181424;
    --brand-ink: #DAD5EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F5FA',
        100: '#EDEBF4',
        200: '#D8D3E9',
        300: '#BCB2DC',
        400: '#a092cd',
        500: '#7965B8',
        600: '#624DA8',
        700: '#52408C',
        800: '#423370',
        900: '#322852',
        950: '#1F1933',
        DEFAULT: '#a092cd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F5FA,
  '100': #EDEBF4,
  '200': #D8D3E9,
  '300': #BCB2DC,
  '400': #a092cd,
  '500': #7965B8,
  '600': #624DA8,
  '700': #52408C,
  '800': #423370,
  '900': #322852,
  '950': #1F1933,
);
$brand-base: #a092cd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDEBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8D3E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BCB2DC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#a092cd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7965B8", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#624DA8", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#52408C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#423370", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#322852", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1F1933", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #a092cd · 7.49:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.80:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.49:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #a092cd as text scores 2.80:1 on white and 7.49:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #332857 at 4.73:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#7B68BA · 4.63:1
AA on white−12% L
#7B68BA
The quick fox
#5E49A0 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−23% L
#5E49A0
The quick fox
#a092cd · 7.49:1
AA on blackalready passes
#a092cd
The quick fox
#a092cd · 7.49:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#a092cd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9A8BCA is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#a092cd on white: 2.80:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#a092cd on black: 7.49:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #a092cd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #a092cd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.80:1AaAa
Slate 502.68:1AaAa
Slate 1002.56:1AaAa
Slate 2002.27:1AaAa
Slate 3001.89:1AaAa
Slate 4001.09:1AaAa
Slate 5001.70:1AaAa
Slate 6002.70:1AaAa
Slate 7003.69:1AaAa
Slate 8005.22:1AaAa
Slate 9006.37:1AaAa
Black7.49:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #849BCF
deuteranopia · #8699CB
tritanopia · #979BA7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #a092cd is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F5FA
#EDEBF4
#D8D3E9
#BCB2DC
#a092cd
#7965B8
#624DA8
#52408C
#423370
#322852
#1F1933
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F5FADarkest = 950 · #1F1933Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.022 294.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.035 294.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.052 294.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.067 294.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.080 294.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.086 294.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.086 294.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.081 294.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.073 294.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.061 294.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.048 294.9);
}

Colors that work with #a092cd

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#CEC7E5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#908E3C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#332857
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0EEF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#181424
Dark-mode background
Hover#8B79C2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#7561B7
Two steps down
Disabled#E5E2ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A899DA
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #a092cd

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #332857
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9A8BCA

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight31/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BFCD92
Analogous left#92A1CD
Analogous right#BD92CD
Split-complement 1#CDBD92
Split-complement 2#A1CD92
Triadic 1#CDA092
Triadic 2#92CDA0
Tetradic#CD92A1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°254°

#a092cd sits at 254°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red62.7%
Green57.3%
Blue80.4%
R · 0–255
160
0xa0
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
205
0xcd

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.0%
Magenta28.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Total ink coverage is 70%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#a092cd text on a black background

contrast 7.49:1

Card sample

#a092cd text on a white background

contrast 2.80:1

Card sample

#a092cd on grey

2.56:1

#a092cd on its own surface

2.59:1

#a092cd on its dark surface

6.43:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #a092cd;
Background color
Panel with #a092cd background
background-color: #a092cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #a092cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(160, 146, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(160, 146, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #a092cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a092cd, #C792CD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a092cd, #CD92C4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #a092cd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #a092cd;
caret-color: #a092cd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #a092cd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0EEF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #a092cd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#a092cd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #a092cd over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(160, 146, 205, 0.5)
rgb(160 146 205 / 50%)
#a092cd80
hsl(254 37% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #a092cd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#a092cd1a#F6F4FA
20%#a092cd33#ECE9F5
40%#a092cd66#D9D3EB
60%#a092cd99#C6BEE1
80%#a092cdcc#B3A8D7

Gradients from #a092cd

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C4BCE0, #a092cd 45%, #332857);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #a092cd, #C27DC3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a092cd, #BFCD92);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D7D1EA 0%, #a092cd 45%, #332857 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B5C3DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CEA7D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #332857 0%, transparent 65%), #a092cd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #a092cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#a092cd in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.49:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#a092cd, answered

What color is #a092cd?

#a092cd is a light soft blue, closest to Medium Purple (ΔE2000 11.7). It sits at 254° on the hue wheel with 37% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #a092cd?

rgb(160, 146, 205) — 160 red, 146 green and 205 blue out of 255, or 62.7% / 57.3% / 80.4% by channel.

What is #a092cd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(254, 37%, 69%) and hsv(254, 29%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #a092cd a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3244 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 7.49:1.

Should I use black or white text on #a092cd?

Black. It scores 7.49:1 against #a092cd, versus 2.80:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #a092cd accessible on a white background?

#a092cd on white scores 2.80:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #7B68BA to reach 4.5:1, or #5E49A0 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #a092cd?

#BFCD92 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CDBD92 and #A1CD92, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #a092cd?

For interface work: #F6F5FA as the surface, #CEC7E5 for borders, #5E4B9B for secondary text, #908E3C as an accent and #332857 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #92A1CD and #BD92CD stays calm, while #BFCD92 is the loudest partner.

What is #a092cd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 29%, 0%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #a092cd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 75 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B692CD; nudged cooler, #9098CF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #a092cd?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 18 away. That is a visible difference, so define #a092cd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #a092cd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#a092cd] or text-[#a092cd], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #a092cd with 50% opacity?

rgba(160, 146, 205, 0.5), or #a092cd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D0C9E6; over black, #504967.

Is #a092cd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999CC, ΔE2000 3.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #a092cd mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #a092cd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C4BCE0, #a092cd 45%, #332857). For more colour, a short hue run to #C27DC3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #a092cd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #a092cd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.