#B09BDB#B09BDB

#B09BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.094 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BDB
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(260, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 20.59, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 36.14, 304.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0456 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.094 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4093, 37.7871, 72.0635)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BDB #C6DB9B

analogous

#9BA6DB #B09BDB #D09BDB

triadic

#B09BDB #DBB09B #9BDBB0

tetradic

#B09BDB #DB9BA6 #C6DB9B #9BDBD0

square

#B09BDB #DB9BA6 #C6DB9B #9BDBD0

split-complementary

#B09BDB #DBD09B #A6DB9B

monochromatic

#6943B9 #8C6ECB #B09BDB #D4C8EB #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B09BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B09BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BDB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BDB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.094 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8e6',
    500: '#b09bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bdb;
$custom-light: #c8b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73095,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BDB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BA2B8B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BDB

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

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