#B09BEC#B09BEC

#B09BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BEC
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 24.55, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 45.23, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0499 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.117 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7626, 38.7284, 84.4577)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BEC #D7EC9B

analogous

#9BAFEC #B09BEC #D99BEC

triadic

#B09BEC #ECB09B #9BECB0

tetradic

#B09BEC #EC9BAF #D7EC9B #9BECD9

square

#B09BEC #EC9BAF #D7EC9B #9BECD9

split-complementary

#B09BEC #ECD99B #AFEC9B

monochromatic

#5F34D8 #8768E2 #B09BEC #D9CEF6 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B09BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B09BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BEC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BEC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8f2',
    500: '#b09bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bec;
$custom-light: #c9b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BEC

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D016A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BEC

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

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