#B09CBC#B09CBC

#B09CBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.051 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CBC
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 13.35, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 19.21, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0345 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.051 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8686, 36.6382, 52.5915)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CBC #A8BC9C

analogous

#A09CBC #B09CBC #BC9CB8

triadic

#B09CBC #BCB09C #9CBCB0

tetradic

#B09CBC #BCA09C #A8BC9C #9CB8BC

square

#B09CBC #BCA09C #A8BC9C #9CB8BC

split-complementary

#B09CBC #B8BC9C #9CBCA0

monochromatic

#745984 #9378A3 #B09CBC #CDC0D5 #EAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B09CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B09CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CBC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CBC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.051 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9d0',
    500: '#b09cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cbc;
$custom-light: #c7b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.05075,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CBC

secondary

#D9DFD5

accent

#9E4868

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CBC

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

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