#B09DEB#B09DEB

#B09DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DEB
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 23.19, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 43.45, 302.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0469 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.112 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9533, 39.3417, 83.8065)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DEB #D8EB9D

analogous

#9DB1EB #B09DEB #D79DEB

triadic

#B09DEB #EBB09D #9DEBB0

tetradic

#B09DEB #EB9DB1 #D8EB9D #9DEBD7

square

#B09DEB #EB9DB1 #D8EB9D #9DEBD7

split-complementary

#B09DEB #EBD79D #B1EB9D

monochromatic

#5E37D6 #876AE1 #B09DEB #D9D0F5 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B09DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B09DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DEB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DEB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9baf1',
    500: '#b09deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09deb;
$custom-light: #c9baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.615,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DEB

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CE18A2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DEB

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

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