#B09CAE#B09CAE

#B09CAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.034 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CAE
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 10.60, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 12.51, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0295 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.034 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4320, 36.0636, 45.0252)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CAE #9CB09E

analogous

#A89CB0 #B09CAE #B09CA4

triadic

#B09CAE #AEB09C #9CAEB0

tetradic

#B09CAE #B0A89C #9CB09E #9CA4B0

square

#B09CAE #B0A89C #9CB09E #9CA4B0

split-complementary

#B09CAE #A4B09C #9CB0A8

monochromatic

#755D72 #957A92 #B09CAE #CBBECA #E6E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B09CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B09CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CAE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CAE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.034 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9c6',
    500: '#b09cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cae;
$custom-light: #c7b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.03436,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CAE

secondary

#D1D7D1

accent

#955750

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CAE

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

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