#B09BD2#B09BD2

#B09BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.081 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BD2
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(263, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(263, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 18.57, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 31.35, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.043 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.081 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2563, 37.3259, 65.9914)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BD2 #BDD29B

analogous

#9BA2D2 #B09BD2 #CC9BD2

triadic

#B09BD2 #D2B09B #9BD2B0

tetradic

#B09BD2 #D29BA2 #BDD29B #9BD2CC

square

#B09BD2 #D29BA2 #BDD29B #9BD2CC

split-complementary

#B09BD2 #D2CC9B #A2D29B

monochromatic

#6E4BA7 #8F71BF #B09BD2 #D1C5E5 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B09BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B09BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BD2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BD2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.081 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8e0',
    500: '#b09bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bd2;
$custom-light: #c8b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BD2

secondary

#E6EBDD

accent

#B13581

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BD2

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

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