#B09BDD#B09BDD

#B09BDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BDD
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 21.05, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 37.21, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0461 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.096 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6741, 37.8930, 73.4585)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BDD #C8DD9B

analogous

#9BA7DD #B09BDD #D19BDD

triadic

#B09BDD #DDB09B #9BDDB0

tetradic

#B09BDD #DD9BA7 #C8DD9B #9BDDD1

square

#B09BDD #DD9BA7 #C8DD9B #9BDDD1

split-complementary

#B09BDD #DDD19B #A7DD9B

monochromatic

#6840BD #8C6DCD #B09BDD #D4C9ED #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B09BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B09BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BDD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BDD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8e7',
    500: '#b09bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bdd;
$custom-light: #c8b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73181,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BDD

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD298E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BDD

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

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