#B09CB0#B09CB0

#B09CB0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.036 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CB0
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 10.98, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 13.40, 325.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0302 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.036 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6284, 36.1421, 46.0597)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CB0 #9CB09C

analogous

#A69CB0 #B09CB0 #B09CA6

triadic

#B09CB0 #B0B09C #9CB0B0

tetradic

#B09CB0 #B0A69C #9CB09C #9CA6B0

square

#B09CB0 #B0A69C #9CB09C #9CA6B0

split-complementary

#B09CB0 #A6B09C #9CB0A6

monochromatic

#755D75 #957A95 #B09CB0 #CBBECB #E6E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B09CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B09CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CB0

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CB0	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.036 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9c7',
    500: '#b09cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cb0;
$custom-light: #c7b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71649,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CB0

secondary

#D1D7D1

accent

#955050

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CB0

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

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