#B09BEE#B09BEE

#B09BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09BEE
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 25.03, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 46.29, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0503 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.119 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0548, 38.8453, 85.9965)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09BEE #D9EE9B

analogous

#9BB0EE #B09BEE #DA9BEE

triadic

#B09BEE #EEB09B #9BEEB0

tetradic

#B09BEE #EE9BB0 #D9EE9B #9BEEDA

square

#B09BEE #EE9BB0 #D9EE9B #9BEEDA

split-complementary

#B09BEE #EEDA9B #B0EE9B

monochromatic

#5D32DC #8767E5 #B09BEE #D9CFF7 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B09BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B09BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09BEE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09BEE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8f4',
    500: '#b09bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09bee;
$custom-light: #c9b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.181,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09BEE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D313A2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09BEE

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

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