#B09BCD#B09BCD

#B09BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.075 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BCD
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 17.48, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 28.70, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0415 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.075 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6431, 37.0806, 62.7619)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BCD #B8CD9B

analogous

#9B9FCD #B09BCD #C99BCD

triadic

#B09BCD #CDB09B #9BCDB0

tetradic

#B09BCD #CD9B9F #B8CD9B #9BCDC9

square

#B09BCD #CD9B9F #B8CD9B #9BCDC9

split-complementary

#B09BCD #CDC99B #9FCD9B

monochromatic

#704F9E #9072B9 #B09BCD #D0C4E1 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B09BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B09BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BCD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BCD	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.075 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8dc',
    500: '#b09bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bcd;
$custom-light: #c8b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.07474,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BCD

secondary

#E3E9DB

accent

#AC397C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BCD

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

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