#B09CDD#B09CDD

#B09CDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.095 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CDD
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 20.49, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 36.58, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0447 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.095 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8412, 38.2273, 73.5142)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CDD #C9DD9C

analogous

#9CA9DD #B09CDD #D19CDD

triadic

#B09CDD #DDB09C #9CDDB0

tetradic

#B09CDD #DD9CA9 #C9DD9C #9CDDD1

square

#B09CDD #DD9CA9 #C9DD9C #9CDDD1

split-complementary

#B09CDD #DDD19C #A9DD9C

monochromatic

#6741BE #8C6ECD #B09CDD #D4CAED #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B09CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B09CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CDD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CDD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.095 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e7',
    500: '#b09cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cdd;
$custom-light: #c8b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7337,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CDD

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC298F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CDD

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

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