#B09CD0#B09CD0

#B09CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.077 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CD0
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(263, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 17.57, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 29.65, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.041 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.077 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1758, 37.5611, 64.7431)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CD0 #BCD09C

analogous

#9CA2D0 #B09CD0 #CA9CD0

triadic

#B09CD0 #D0B09C #9CD0B0

tetradic

#B09CD0 #D09CA2 #BCD09C #9CD0CA

square

#B09CD0 #D09CA2 #BCD09C #9CD0CA

split-complementary

#B09CD0 #D0CA9C #A2D09C

monochromatic

#6F4EA4 #8F73BC #B09CD0 #D1C6E4 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B09CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B09CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CD0

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CD0	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.077 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9de',
    500: '#b09cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cd0;
$custom-light: #c8b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CD0

secondary

#E5EBDD

accent

#AE3781

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CD0

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

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