#B09CB8#B09CB8

#B09CB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.046 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CB8
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(283, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 12.55, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 17.20, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0331 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.046 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4434, 36.4681, 50.3519)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CB8 #A4B89C

analogous

#A29CB8 #B09CB8 #B89CB2

triadic

#B09CB8 #B8B09C #9CB8B0

tetradic

#B09CB8 #B8A29C #A4B89C #9CB2B8

square

#B09CB8 #B8A29C #A4B89C #9CB2B8

split-complementary

#B09CB8 #B2B89C #9CB8A2

monochromatic

#745B7F #94789E #B09CB8 #CCC0D2 #E9E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B09CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B09CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CB8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CB8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.046 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9cd',
    500: '#b09cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cb8;
$custom-light: #c7b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.04577,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CB8

secondary

#D6DCD3

accent

#9B4B62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CB8

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

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