#B09DCB#B09DCB

#B09DCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.069 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DCB
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 15.93, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 26.35, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.038 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.069 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7389, 37.6559, 61.6104)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DCB #B8CB9D

analogous

#9DA1CB #B09DCB #C79DCB

triadic

#B09DCB #CBB09D #9DCBB0

tetradic

#B09DCB #CB9DA1 #B8CB9D #9DCBC7

square

#B09DCB #CB9DA1 #B8CB9D #9DCBC7

split-complementary

#B09DCB #CBC79D #A1CB9D

monochromatic

#70529B #9075B6 #B09DCB #D0C5E0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B09DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B09DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DCB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DCB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.069 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8badb',
    500: '#b09dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09dcb;
$custom-light: #c8badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72824,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DCB

secondary

#E3E8DC

accent

#A93C7C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DCB

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

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