#B09CDF#B09CDF

#B09CDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CDF
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 223)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 30%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 20.94, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 37.65, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0452 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.097 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1093, 38.3345, 74.9259)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CDF #CBDF9C

analogous

#9CAADF #B09CDF #D19CDF

triadic

#B09CDF #DFB09C #9CDFB0

tetradic

#B09CDF #DF9CAA #CBDF9C #9CDFD1

square

#B09CDF #DF9CAA #CBDF9C #9CDFD1

split-complementary

#B09CDF #DFD19C #AADF9C

monochromatic

#6640C1 #8B6ED0 #B09CDF #D5CAEE #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B09CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B09CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CDF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CDF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9e9',
    500: '#b09cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cdf;
$custom-light: #c8b9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CDF

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF2791

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CDF

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

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