#B29BB9#B29BB9

#B29BB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.050 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BB9
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 13.99, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 18.68, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0373 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.05 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8371, 36.4109, 50.8716)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BB9 #A2B99B

analogous

#A39BB9 #B29BB9 #B99BB1

triadic

#B29BB9 #B9B29B #9BB9B2

tetradic

#B29BB9 #B9A39B #A2B99B #9BB1B9

square

#B29BB9 #B9A39B #A2B99B #9BB1B9

split-complementary

#B29BB9 #B1B99B #9BB9A3

monochromatic

#775A80 #9677A0 #B29BB9 #CEBFD2 #E9E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B29BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B29BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BB9

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BB9	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.050 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8ce',
    500: '#b29bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bb9;
$custom-light: #c9b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71943,
    "c": 0.04992,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BB9

secondary

#D5DDD3

accent

#9C4A5D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BB9

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

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