#B189DB#B189DB

#B189DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B189DB
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 31.01, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 47.71, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0726 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.124 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8608, 32.3531, 71.1490)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B189DB #B3DB89

analogous

#898ADB #B189DB #DA89DB

triadic

#B189DB #DBB189 #89DBB1

tetradic

#B189DB #DB898A #B3DB89 #89DBDA

square

#B189DB #DB898A #B3DB89 #89DBDA

split-complementary

#B189DB #DBDA89 #8ADB89

monochromatic

#7337B3 #925ACD #B189DB #D0B8E9 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B189DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B189DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B189DB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B189DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B189DB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b189db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ace6',
    500: '#b189db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b189db;
$custom-light: #c9ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b189db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.268,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B189DB

secondary

#E0EBD4

accent

#C12575

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B189DB

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

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