#B09CED#B09CED

#B09CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CED
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 24.23, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 45.14, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0487 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.116 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0754, 39.1209, 85.2807)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CED #D9ED9C

analogous

#9CB1ED #B09CED #D99CED

triadic

#B09CED #EDB09C #9CEDB0

tetradic

#B09CED #ED9CB1 #D9ED9C #9CEDD9

square

#B09CED #ED9CB1 #D9ED9C #9CEDD9

split-complementary

#B09CED #EDD99C #B1ED9C

monochromatic

#5D34DA #8768E4 #B09CED #D9D0F6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B09CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B09CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CED

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CED	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9f3',
    500: '#b09ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09ced;
$custom-light: #c9b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.815,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74083,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CED

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D114A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CED

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

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