#B08BDA#B08BDA

#B08BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08BDA
RGB	rgb(176, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 29.36, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 45.83, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0683 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.119 305)
XYZ	xyz(39.7895, 32.7575, 70.5427)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08BDA #B5DA8B

analogous

#8B8EDA #B08BDA #D78BDA

triadic

#B08BDA #DAB08B #8BDAB0

tetradic

#B08BDA #DA8B8E #B5DA8B #8BDAD7

square

#B08BDA #DA8B8E #B5DA8B #8BDAD7

split-complementary

#B08BDA #DAD78B #8EDA8B

monochromatic

#7139B2 #905DCB #B08BDA #D0B9E9 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B08BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B08BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B08BDA

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08BDA	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ade5',
    500: '#b08bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08bda;
$custom-light: #c9ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.101,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70102,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.32757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08BDA

secondary

#E1EBD5

accent

#BF2678

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08BDA

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

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