#B19BBD#B19BBD

#B19BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.054 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19BBD
RGB	rgb(177, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 14.45, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 20.51, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0375 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.054 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0366, 36.4643, 53.1161)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19BBD #A7BD9B

analogous

#A09BBD #B19BBD #BD9BB8

triadic

#B19BBD #BDB19B #9BBDB1

tetradic

#B19BBD #BDA09B #A7BD9B #9BB8BD

square

#B19BBD #BDA09B #A7BD9B #9BB8BD

split-complementary

#B19BBD #B8BD9B #9BBDA0

monochromatic

#755885 #9476A5 #B19BBD #CEC0D5 #EBE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B19BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B19BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19BBD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19BBD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.054 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8d1',
    500: '#b19bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19bbd;
$custom-light: #c8b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.05428,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19BBD

secondary

#D8DFD5

accent

#9F4766

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19BBD

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

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