#B09DE2#B09DE2

#B09DE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DE2
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 21.08, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 38.63, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0446 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.1 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6858, 38.8347, 77.1311)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DE2 #CFE29D

analogous

#9DACE2 #B09DE2 #D39DE2

triadic

#B09DE2 #E2B09D #9DE2B0

tetradic

#B09DE2 #E29DAC #CFE29D #9DE2D3

square

#B09DE2 #E29DAC #CFE29D #9DE2D3

split-complementary

#B09DE2 #E2D39D #ACE29D

monochromatic

#643FC6 #8A6ED4 #B09DE2 #D6CCF0 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B09DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B09DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DE2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DE2	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8baeb',
    500: '#b09de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09de2;
$custom-light: #c8baeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73776,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DE2

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C22496

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DE2

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

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