#B09DEC#B09DEC

#B09DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09DEC
RGB	rgb(176, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 23.43, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 43.98, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0471 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.114 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0982, 39.3996, 84.5695)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09DEC #D9EC9D

analogous

#9DB2EC #B09DEC #D79DEC

triadic

#B09DEC #ECB09D #9DECB0

tetradic

#B09DEC #EC9DB2 #D9EC9D #9DECD7

square

#B09DEC #EC9DB2 #D9EC9D #9DECD7

split-complementary

#B09DEC #ECD79D #B2EC9D

monochromatic

#5D36D8 #876AE2 #B09DEC #D9D0F6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B09DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B09DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09DEC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09DEC	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9baf2',
    500: '#b09dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09dec;
$custom-light: #c9baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.43,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09DEC

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#CF16A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09DEC

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

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