#B09DD4#B09DD4

#B09DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.081 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DD4
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(261, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 17.89, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 31.14, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0407 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.081 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8427, 38.0974, 67.4237)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DD4 #C1D49D

analogous

#9DA6D4 #B09DD4 #CB9DD4

triadic

#B09DD4 #D4B09D #9DD4B0

tetradic

#B09DD4 #D49DA6 #C1D49D #9DD4CB

square

#B09DD4 #D49DA6 #C1D49D #9DD4CB

split-complementary

#B09DD4 #D4CB9D #A6D49D

monochromatic

#6C4BAB #8E72C1 #B09DD4 #D2C8E7 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B09DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B09DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DD4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DD4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.081 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bae1',
    500: '#b09dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09dd4;
$custom-light: #c8bae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DD4

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B23486

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DD4

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

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