#B09BD4#B09BD4

#B09BD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.084 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BD4
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 212)
HSL	hsl(262, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(262, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 19.02, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 32.41, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0436 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.084 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5071, 37.4262, 67.3119)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BD4 #BFD49B

analogous

#9BA3D4 #B09BD4 #CD9BD4

triadic

#B09BD4 #D4B09B #9BD4B0

tetradic

#B09BD4 #D49BA3 #BFD49B #9BD4CD

square

#B09BD4 #D49BA3 #BFD49B #9BD4CD

split-complementary

#B09BD4 #D4CD9B #A3D49B

monochromatic

#6D4AAB #8E70C2 #B09BD4 #D2C6E6 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B09BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B09BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BD4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BD4	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.084 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8e1',
    500: '#b09bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bd4;
$custom-light: #c8b8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 39.86,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BD4

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B33384

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BD4

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

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