#C09CD5#C09CD5

#C09CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.089 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09CD5
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 23.77, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 33.80, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0606 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.089 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6350, 39.7881, 68.2137)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09CD5 #B1D59C

analogous

#A49CD5 #C09CD5 #D59CCE

triadic

#C09CD5 #D5C09C #9CD5C0

tetradic

#C09CD5 #D5A49C #B1D59C #9CCED5

square

#C09CD5 #D5A49C #B1D59C #9CCED5

split-complementary

#C09CD5 #CED59C #9CD5A4

monochromatic

#8849AD #A571C3 #C09CD5 #DBC7E7 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C09CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C09CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09CD5

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09CD5	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.089 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e2',
    500: '#c09cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09cd5;
$custom-light: #d3b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09CD5

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B33262

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09CD5

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

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