#B09BB5#B09BB5

#B09BB5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.044 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BB5
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(288, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 12.51, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 16.41, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0336 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.044 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9651, 36.0094, 48.6576)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BB5 #A0B59B

analogous

#A39BB5 #B09BB5 #B59BAD

triadic

#B09BB5 #B5B09B #9BB5B0

tetradic

#B09BB5 #B5A39B #A0B59B #9BADB5

square

#B09BB5 #B5A39B #A0B59B #9BADB5

split-complementary

#B09BB5 #ADB59B #9BB5A3

monochromatic

#755B7B #94789B #B09BB5 #CCBECF #E8E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B09BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B09BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BB5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BB5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.044 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8cb',
    500: '#b09bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bb5;
$custom-light: #c7b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.044,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BB5

secondary

#D3DAD2

accent

#994C5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BB5

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

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