#B09BBD#B09BBD

#B09BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.054 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BBD
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(277, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 14.11, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 20.38, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0364 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.054 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8096, 36.3472, 53.1054)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BBD #A8BD9B

analogous

#9F9BBD #B09BBD #BD9BB9

triadic

#B09BBD #BDB09B #9BBDB0

tetradic

#B09BBD #BD9F9B #A8BD9B #9BB9BD

square

#B09BBD #BD9F9B #A8BD9B #9BB9BD

split-complementary

#B09BBD #B9BD9B #9BBD9F

monochromatic

#745885 #9376A5 #B09BBD #CDC0D5 #EAE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B09BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B09BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BBD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BBD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.054 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8d1',
    500: '#b09bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bbd;
$custom-light: #c7b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.0538,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BBD

secondary

#D9DFD5

accent

#9F4768

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BBD

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

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