#B09CB2#B09CB2

#B09CB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.039 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CB2
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(295, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 11.37, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 14.31, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.031 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.039 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8277, 36.2219, 47.1096)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CB2 #9EB29C

analogous

#A59CB2 #B09CB2 #B29CA9

triadic

#B09CB2 #B2B09C #9CB2B0

tetradic

#B09CB2 #B2A59C #9EB29C #9CA9B2

square

#B09CB2 #B2A59C #9EB29C #9CA9B2

split-complementary

#B09CB2 #A9B29C #9CB2A5

monochromatic

#755D77 #957A97 #B09CB2 #CBBECD #E7E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B09CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B09CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CB2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CB2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.039 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9c9',
    500: '#b09cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cb2;
$custom-light: #c7b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.0387,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CB2

secondary

#D2D9D1

accent

#974F55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CB2

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

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