#B09DCD#B09DCD

#B09DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.071 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DCD
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 16.36, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 27.41, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0386 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.071 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9787, 37.7519, 62.8738)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DCD #BACD9D

analogous

#9DA2CD #B09DCD #C89DCD

triadic

#B09DCD #CDB09D #9DCDB0

tetradic

#B09DCD #CD9DA2 #BACD9D #9DCDC8

square

#B09DCD #CD9DA2 #BACD9D #9DCDC8

split-complementary

#B09DCD #CDC89D #A2CD9D

monochromatic

#70519F #8F74B8 #B09DCD #D1C6E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B09DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B09DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DCD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DCD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.071 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8badc',
    500: '#b09dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09dcd;
$custom-light: #c8badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DCD

secondary

#E4E9DD

accent

#AB3A7F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DCD

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

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