#B09CEB#B09CEB

#B09CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CEB
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 23.75, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 44.07, 302.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0483 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.114 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7848, 39.0047, 83.7503)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CEB #D7EB9C

analogous

#9CB0EB #B09CEB #D89CEB

triadic

#B09CEB #EBB09C #9CEBB0

tetradic

#B09CEB #EB9CB0 #D7EB9C #9CEBD8

square

#B09CEB #EB9CB0 #D7EB9C #9CEBD8

split-complementary

#B09CEB #EBD89C #B0EB9C

monochromatic

#5F36D6 #8769E1 #B09CEB #D9CFF5 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B09CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B09CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CEB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CEB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9f1',
    500: '#b09ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09ceb;
$custom-light: #c9b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.19,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73991,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CEB

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CE17A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CEB

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

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