#B09CD3#B09CD3

#B09CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.081 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CD3
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(262, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(262, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 18.23, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 31.24, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0419 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.081 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5484, 37.7101, 66.7053)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CD3 #BFD39C

analogous

#9CA4D3 #B09CD3 #CC9CD3

triadic

#B09CD3 #D3B09C #9CD3B0

tetradic

#B09CD3 #D39CA4 #BFD39C #9CD3CC

square

#B09CD3 #D39CA4 #BFD39C #9CD3CC

split-complementary

#B09CD3 #D3CC9C #A4D39C

monochromatic

#6D4BA9 #8E72C0 #B09CD3 #D2C6E6 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B09CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B09CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CD3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CD3	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.081 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e0',
    500: '#b09cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cd3;
$custom-light: #c8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CD3

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#B13484

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CD3

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

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