#B08CD9#B08CD9

#B08CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08CD9
RGB	rgb(176, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 28.57, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 44.67, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0667 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.116 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8044, 32.9962, 69.9041)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08CD9 #B5D98C

analogous

#8C8ED9 #B08CD9 #D78CD9

triadic

#B08CD9 #D9B08C #8CD9B0

tetradic

#B08CD9 #D98C8E #B5D98C #8CD9D7

square

#B08CD9 #D98C8E #B5D98C #8CD9D7

split-complementary

#B08CD9 #D9D78C #8ED98C

monochromatic

#713AB0 #905ECA #B08CD9 #D0BAE8 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B08CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B08CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B08CD9

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08CD9	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA98A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aee5',
    500: '#b08cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08cd9;
$custom-light: #c8aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.052,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08CD9

secondary

#E1EBD6

accent

#BE2878

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08CD9

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

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