#B09BB8#B09BB8

#B09BB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.048 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BB8
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(283, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 13.10, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 17.87, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0346 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.048 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2762, 36.1339, 50.2962)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BB8 #A3B89B

analogous

#A29BB8 #B09BB8 #B89BB2

triadic

#B09BB8 #B8B09B #9BB8B0

tetradic

#B09BB8 #B8A29B #A3B89B #9BB2B8

square

#B09BB8 #B8A29B #A3B89B #9BB2B8

split-complementary

#B09BB8 #B2B89B #9BB8A2

monochromatic

#755A7F #94779F #B09BB8 #CCBFD1 #E9E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B09BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B09BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BB8

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BB8	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.048 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8cd',
    500: '#b09bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bb8;
$custom-light: #c7b8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 16.959,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BB8

secondary

#D5DCD3

accent

#9B4A61

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BB8

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

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