#B09BB1#B09BB1

#B09BB1 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.039 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BB1
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 177)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 11.73, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 14.53, 323.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0321 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.039 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5606, 35.8476, 46.5270)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BB1 #9CB19B

analogous

#A59BB1 #B09BB1 #B19BA7

triadic

#B09BB1 #B1B09B #9BB1B0

tetradic

#B09BB1 #B1A59B #9CB19B #9BA7B1

square

#B09BB1 #B1A59B #9CB19B #9BA7B1

split-complementary

#B09BB1 #A7B19B #9BB1A5

monochromatic

#755C76 #957996 #B09BB1 #CBBDCC #E6E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B09BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B09BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BB1

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BB1	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.039 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8c8',
    500: '#b09bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bb1;
$custom-light: #c7b8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 12.36,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71485,
    "c": 0.03943,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BB1

secondary

#D1D8D0

accent

#964F52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BB1

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

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