#B09DB0#B09DB0

#B09DB0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.035 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DB0
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 176)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 10.42, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 12.72, 325.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0287 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.035 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7969, 36.4791, 46.1159)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DB0 #9DB09D

analogous

#A69DB0 #B09DB0 #B09DA6

triadic

#B09DB0 #B0B09D #9DB0B0

tetradic

#B09DB0 #B0A69D #9DB09D #9DA6B0

square

#B09DB0 #B0A69D #9DB09D #9DA6B0

split-complementary

#B09DB0 #A6B09D #9DB0A6

monochromatic

#755E75 #957B95 #B09DB0 #CBBFCB #E7E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B09DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B09DB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DB0

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DB0	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.035 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bac7',
    500: '#b09db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09db0;
$custom-light: #c7bac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.734,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.03463,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DB0

secondary

#D1D8D1

accent

#955151

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DB0

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

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