#B09BAD#B09BAD

#B09BAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.035 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BAD
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 12%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 1.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 10.97, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 12.75, 329.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0307 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.035 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1677, 35.6905, 44.4580)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BAD #9BB09E

analogous

#A89BB0 #B09BAD #B09BA3

triadic

#B09BAD #ADB09B #9BADB0

tetradic

#B09BAD #B0A89B #9BB09E #9BA3B0

square

#B09BAD #B0A89B #9BB09E #9BA3B0

split-complementary

#B09BAD #A3B09B #9BB0A8

monochromatic

#755C71 #957991 #B09BAD #CBBDC9 #E6DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B09BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B09BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BAD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BAD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.035 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8c5',
    500: '#b09bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bad;
$custom-light: #c7b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 11.732,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BAD

secondary

#D0D7D1

accent

#965A50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BAD

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

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