#B09CBF#B09CBF

#B09CBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.055 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CBF
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(274, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 13.96, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 20.74, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0355 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.055 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1953, 36.7689, 54.3124)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CBF #ABBF9C

analogous

#9E9CBF #B09CBF #BF9CBC

triadic

#B09CBF #BFB09C #9CBFB0

tetradic

#B09CBF #BF9E9C #ABBF9C #9CBCBF

square

#B09CBF #BF9E9C #ABBF9C #9CBCBF

split-complementary

#B09CBF #BCBF9C #9CBF9E

monochromatic

#745888 #9277A7 #B09CBF #CEC1D7 #EBE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B09CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B09CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CBF

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CBF	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.055 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9d2',
    500: '#b09cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cbf;
$custom-light: #c7b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.05457,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CBF

secondary

#DBE1D6

accent

#A0466C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CBF

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

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