#B09CD2#B09CD2

#B09CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.080 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CD2
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(262, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(262, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 18.01, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 30.71, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0416 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.08 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4234, 37.6601, 66.0471)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CD2 #BED29C

analogous

#9CA3D2 #B09CD2 #CB9CD2

triadic

#B09CD2 #D2B09C #9CD2B0

tetradic

#B09CD2 #D29CA3 #BED29C #9CD2CB

square

#B09CD2 #D29CA3 #BED29C #9CD2CB

split-complementary

#B09CD2 #D2CB9C #A3D29C

monochromatic

#6E4CA7 #8E72BF #B09CD2 #D2C6E5 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B09CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B09CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CD2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CD2	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.080 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e0',
    500: '#b09cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cd2;
$custom-light: #c8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.07978,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CD2

secondary

#E7ECDE

accent

#B03583

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CD2

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

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