#B09CD8#B09CD8

#B09CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.088 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CD8
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(260, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 19.35, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 33.91, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0433 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.088 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1850, 37.9648, 70.0579)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CD8 #C4D89C

analogous

#9CA6D8 #B09CD8 #CE9CD8

triadic

#B09CD8 #D8B09C #9CD8B0

tetradic

#B09CD8 #D89CA6 #C4D89C #9CD8CE

square

#B09CD8 #D89CA6 #C4D89C #9CD8CE

split-complementary

#B09CD8 #D8CE9C #A6D89C

monochromatic

#6B47B3 #8D70C7 #B09CD8 #D3C8E9 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B09CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B09CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CD8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CD8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.088 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e4',
    500: '#b09cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cd8;
$custom-light: #c8b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CD8

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B72F89

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CD8

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

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