#B09BAE#B09BAE

#B09BAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.036 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BAE
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 12%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 11.16, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 13.18, 327.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.031 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.036 329)
XYZ	xyz(37.2648, 35.7293, 44.9695)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BAE #9BB09D

analogous

#A89BB0 #B09BAE #B09BA4

triadic

#B09BAE #AEB09B #9BAEB0

tetradic

#B09BAE #B0A89B #9BB09D #9BA4B0

square

#B09BAE #B0A89B #9BB09D #9BA4B0

split-complementary

#B09BAE #A4B09B #9BB0A8

monochromatic

#755C72 #957992 #B09BAE #CBBDCA #E6DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B09BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B09BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BAE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BAE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.036 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8c6',
    500: '#b09bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bae;
$custom-light: #c7b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 11.732,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.03621,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.35729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BAE

secondary

#D0D7D1

accent

#965650

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BAE

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

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