#B09CDC#B09CDC

#B09CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.093 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CDC
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 20.26, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 36.04, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0444 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.093 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7084, 38.1741, 72.8146)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CDC #C8DC9C

analogous

#9CA8DC #B09CDC #D09CDC

triadic

#B09CDC #DCB09C #9CDCB0

tetradic

#B09CDC #DC9CA8 #C8DC9C #9CDCD0

square

#B09CDC #DC9CA8 #C8DC9C #9CDCD0

split-complementary

#B09CDC #DCD09C #A8DC9C

monochromatic

#6842BB #8C6FCC #B09CDC #D4C9EC #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B09CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B09CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CDC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CDC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.093 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e7',
    500: '#b09cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cdc;
$custom-light: #c8b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CDC

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BB2A8E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CDC

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

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