#B29BB7#B29BB7

#B29BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.048 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BB7
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(289, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 13.60, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 17.71, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0366 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.048 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6275, 36.3271, 49.7675)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BB7 #A0B79B

analogous

#A49BB7 #B29BB7 #B79BAE

triadic

#B29BB7 #B7B29B #9BB7B2

tetradic

#B29BB7 #B7A49B #A0B79B #9BAEB7

square

#B29BB7 #B7A49B #A0B79B #9BAEB7

split-complementary

#B29BB7 #AEB79B #9BB7A4

monochromatic

#775A7D #97779D #B29BB7 #CDBFD1 #E9E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B29BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B29BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BB7

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BB7	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.048 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8cc',
    500: '#b29bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bb7;
$custom-light: #c9b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.04757,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BB7

secondary

#D4DBD2

accent

#9B4B59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BB7

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

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