#B09CD5#B09CD5

#B09CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.084 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CD5
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 18.68, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 32.31, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0425 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.084 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8007, 37.8110, 68.0340)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CD5 #C1D59C

analogous

#9CA4D5 #B09CD5 #CD9CD5

triadic

#B09CD5 #D5B09C #9CD5B0

tetradic

#B09CD5 #D59CA4 #C1D59C #9CD5CD

square

#B09CD5 #D59CA4 #C1D59C #9CD5CD

split-complementary

#B09CD5 #D5CD9C #A4D59C

monochromatic

#6C49AD #8E71C3 #B09CD5 #D2C7E7 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B09CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B09CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CD5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CD5	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.084 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e2',
    500: '#b09cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cd5;
$custom-light: #c8b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.053,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CD5

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B33286

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CD5

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

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