#B09DD5#B09DD5

#B09DD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.082 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DD5
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 213)
HSL	hsl(260, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 18.12, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 31.67, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.041 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.082 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9692, 38.1480, 68.0901)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DD5 #C2D59D

analogous

#9DA6D5 #B09DD5 #CC9DD5

triadic

#B09DD5 #D5B09D #9DD5B0

tetradic

#B09DD5 #D59DA6 #C2D59D #9DD5CC

square

#B09DD5 #D59DA6 #C2D59D #9DD5CC

split-complementary

#B09DD5 #D5CC9D #A6D59D

monochromatic

#6C4AAD #8D72C3 #B09DD5 #D3C8E7 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B09DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B09DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DD5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DD5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.082 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bae2',
    500: '#b09dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09dd5;
$custom-light: #c8bae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DD5

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B33287

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DD5

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

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