#B09CD4#B09CD4

#B09CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.082 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CD4
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(261, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 18.46, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 31.77, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0422 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.082 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6742, 37.7604, 67.3676)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CD4 #C0D49C

analogous

#9CA4D4 #B09CD4 #CC9CD4

triadic

#B09CD4 #D4B09C #9CD4B0

tetradic

#B09CD4 #D49CA4 #C0D49C #9CD4CC

square

#B09CD4 #D49CA4 #C0D49C #9CD4CC

split-complementary

#B09CD4 #D4CC9C #A4D49C

monochromatic

#6D4AAB #8E71C1 #B09CD4 #D2C7E7 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B09CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B09CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CD4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CD4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.082 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e1',
    500: '#b09cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cd4;
$custom-light: #c8b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.08249,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CD4

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B23385

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CD4

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

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