#B09CEE#B09CEE

#B09CEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CEE
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 24.47, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 45.67, 302.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.049 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.118 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2219, 39.1795, 86.0522)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CEE #DAEE9C

analogous

#9CB1EE #B09CEE #D99CEE

triadic

#B09CEE #EEB09C #9CEEB0

tetradic

#B09CEE #EE9CB1 #DAEE9C #9CEED9

square

#B09CEE #EE9CB1 #DAEE9C #9CEED9

split-complementary

#B09CEE #EED99C #B1EE9C

monochromatic

#5D34DC #8668E5 #B09CEE #DAD0F7 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B09CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B09CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CEE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CEE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9f4',
    500: '#b09cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cee;
$custom-light: #c9b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CEE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D313A4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CEE

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

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