#B09FD4#B09FD4

#B09FD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.078 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09FD4
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 212)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 25%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 16.77, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 29.87, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0378 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.078 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1838, 38.7797, 67.5375)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09FD4 #C3D49F

analogous

#9FA9D4 #B09FD4 #CA9FD4

triadic

#B09FD4 #D4B09F #9FD4B0

tetradic

#B09FD4 #D49FA9 #C3D49F #9FD4CA

square

#B09FD4 #D49FA9 #C3D49F #9FD4CA

split-complementary

#B09FD4 #D4CA9F #A9D49F

monochromatic

#6B4DAC #8D75C1 #B09FD4 #D3C9E7 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B09FD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B09FD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09FD4

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09FD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09FD4	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.078 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bbe1',
    500: '#b09fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09fd4;
$custom-light: #c8bbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73568,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09FD4

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B13489

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09FD4

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

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