#B09CEF#B09CEF

#B09CEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CEF
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 239)
HSL	hsl(254, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 24.71, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 46.21, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0492 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.119 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3692, 39.2385, 86.8281)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CEF #DBEF9C

analogous

#9CB1EF #B09CEF #DA9CEF

triadic

#B09CEF #EFB09C #9CEFB0

tetradic

#B09CEF #EF9CB1 #DBEF9C #9CEFDA

square

#B09CEF #EF9CB1 #DBEF9C #9CEFDA

split-complementary

#B09CEF #EFDA9C #B1EF9C

monochromatic

#5C33DE #8667E6 #B09CEF #DAD1F8 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B09CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B09CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CEF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CEF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9f4',
    500: '#b09cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09cef;
$custom-light: #c9b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.458,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74176,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CEF

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D411A5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CEF

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

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