#B09CB4#B09CB4

#B09CB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.041 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CB4
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(290, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 11.76, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 15.26, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0317 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.041 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0300, 36.3028, 48.1749)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CB4 #A0B49C

analogous

#A49CB4 #B09CB4 #B49CAC

triadic

#B09CB4 #B4B09C #9CB4B0

tetradic

#B09CB4 #B4A49C #A0B49C #9CACB4

square

#B09CB4 #B4A49C #A0B49C #9CACB4

split-complementary

#B09CB4 #ACB49C #9CB4A4

monochromatic

#755C7A #94799A #B09CB4 #CCBFCE #E8E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B09CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B09CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CB4

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CB4	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.041 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9ca',
    500: '#b09cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cb4;
$custom-light: #c7b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.04099,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CB4

secondary

#D3DAD2

accent

#984E5A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CB4

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

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