#B08CBC#B08CBC

#B08CBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.080 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08CBC
RGB	rgb(176, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 22.33, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 29.87, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0589 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.08 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3584, 31.6178, 51.7547)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08CBC #98BC8C

analogous

#988CBC #B08CBC #BC8CB0

triadic

#B08CBC #BCB08C #8CBCB0

tetradic

#B08CBC #BC988C #98BC8C #8CB0BC

square

#B08CBC #BC988C #98BC8C #8CB0BC

split-complementary

#B08CBC #B0BC8C #8CBC98

monochromatic

#744C82 #9565A5 #B08CBC #CBB3D3 #E5D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B08CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B08CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B08CBC

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08CBC	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.080 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aed0',
    500: '#b08cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08cbc;
$custom-light: #c8aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68997,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08CBC

secondary

#CEDACA

accent

#A5415A

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08CBC

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

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