#B29BB3#B29BB3

#B29BB3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.043 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BB3
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(298, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 12.82, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 15.84, 324.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0351 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.043 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2170, 36.1629, 47.6060)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BB3 #9CB39B

analogous

#A69BB3 #B29BB3 #B39BA8

triadic

#B29BB3 #B3B29B #9BB3B2

tetradic

#B29BB3 #B3A69B #9CB39B #9BA8B3

square

#B29BB3 #B3A69B #9CB39B #9BA8B3

split-complementary

#B29BB3 #A8B39B #9BB3A6

monochromatic

#775B78 #977899 #B29BB3 #CDBECD #E8E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B29BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B29BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BB3

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BB3	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.043 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8c9',
    500: '#b29bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bb3;
$custom-light: #c9b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71735,
    "c": 0.04302,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BB3

secondary

#D1D9D1

accent

#984E51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BB3

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

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