#B09CDA#B09CDA

#B09CDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CDA
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 19.80, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 34.98, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0439 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.091 299)
XYZ	xyz(42.4451, 38.0688, 71.4279)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CDA #C6DA9C

analogous

#9CA7DA #B09CDA #CF9CDA

triadic

#B09CDA #DAB09C #9CDAB0

tetradic

#B09CDA #DA9CA7 #C6DA9C #9CDACF

square

#B09CDA #DA9CA7 #C6DA9C #9CDACF

split-complementary

#B09CDA #DACF9C #A7DA9C

monochromatic

#6944B7 #8C6FC9 #B09CDA #D4C9EB #EDE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B09CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B09CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CDA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CDA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e5',
    500: '#b09cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cda;
$custom-light: #c8b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CDA

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#B92D8C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CDA

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

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