#B09CEC#B09CEC

#B09CEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CEC
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 23.99, -37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 44.60, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0485 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.115 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9297, 39.0626, 84.5134)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CEC #D8EC9C

analogous

#9CB0EC #B09CEC #D89CEC

triadic

#B09CEC #ECB09C #9CECB0

tetradic

#B09CEC #EC9CB0 #D8EC9C #9CECD8

square

#B09CEC #EC9CB0 #D8EC9C #9CECD8

split-complementary

#B09CEC #ECD89C #B0EC9C

monochromatic

#5E35D8 #8769E2 #B09CEC #D9CFF6 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B09CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B09CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CEC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CEC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9f2',
    500: '#b09cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cec;
$custom-light: #c9b9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CEC

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CEC

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

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