#B09BB4#B09BB4

#B09BB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.043 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BB4
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(290, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 12.31, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 15.93, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0332 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.043 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8629, 35.9685, 48.1192)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BB4 #9FB49B

analogous

#A39BB4 #B09BB4 #B49BAB

triadic

#B09BB4 #B4B09B #9BB4B0

tetradic

#B09BB4 #B4A39B #9FB49B #9BABB4

square

#B09BB4 #B4A39B #9FB49B #9BABB4

split-complementary

#B09BB4 #ABB49B #9BB4A3

monochromatic

#755B79 #94789A #B09BB4 #CCBECE #E7E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B09BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B09BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BB4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BB4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.043 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8ca',
    500: '#b09bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bb4;
$custom-light: #c7b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.04283,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BB4

secondary

#D3DAD1

accent

#984D59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BB4

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

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