#B09CB3#B09CB3

#B09CB3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.040 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CB3
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(292, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(292, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 11.56, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 14.78, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0313 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.04 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9285, 36.2622, 47.6403)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CB3 #9FB39C

analogous

#A49CB3 #B09CB3 #B39CAA

triadic

#B09CB3 #B3B09C #9CB3B0

tetradic

#B09CB3 #B3A49C #9FB39C #9CAAB3

square

#B09CB3 #B3A49C #9FB39C #9CAAB3

split-complementary

#B09CB3 #AAB39C #9CB3A4

monochromatic

#755C78 #947998 #B09CB3 #CCBFCE #E7E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B09CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B09CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CB3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CB3	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.040 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9c9',
    500: '#b09cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cb3;
$custom-light: #c7b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 13.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.03983,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CB3

secondary

#D3D9D2

accent

#974E58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CB3

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

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