#B08BD9#B08BD9

#B08BD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08BD9
RGB	rgb(176, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 29.14, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 45.31, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0681 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.118 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6590, 32.7053, 69.8556)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08BD9 #B4D98B

analogous

#8B8DD9 #B08BD9 #D78BD9

triadic

#B08BD9 #D9B08B #8BD9B0

tetradic

#B08BD9 #D98B8D #B4D98B #8BD9D7

square

#B08BD9 #D98B8D #B4D98B #8BD9D7

split-complementary

#B08BD9 #D9D78B #8DD98B

monochromatic

#723AB0 #915DCA #B08BD9 #CFB9E8 #EFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B08BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B08BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B08BD9

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08BD9	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ade5',
    500: '#b08bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08bd9;
$custom-light: #c9ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.462,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08BD9

secondary

#E0EBD5

accent

#BE2777

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08BD9

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

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