#B09DBD#B09DBD

#B09DBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.050 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DBD
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(276, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 12.99, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 19.05, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0333 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.05 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1452, 37.0185, 53.2173)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DBD #AABD9D

analogous

#A09DBD #B09DBD #BD9DBA

triadic

#B09DBD #BDB09D #9DBDB0

tetradic

#B09DBD #BDA09D #AABD9D #9DBABD

square

#B09DBD #BDA09D #AABD9D #9DBABD

split-complementary

#B09DBD #BABD9D #9DBDA0

monochromatic

#745A86 #9378A4 #B09DBD #CDC2D6 #EBE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B09DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B09DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DBD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DBD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.050 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bad1',
    500: '#b09dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09dbd;
$custom-light: #c7bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.05023,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DBD

secondary

#DAE0D6

accent

#9E486B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DBD

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

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