#B29BBD#B29BBD

#B29BBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.055 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BBD
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(281, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 14.79, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 20.65, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0386 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.055 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2653, 36.5822, 53.1268)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BBD #A6BD9B

analogous

#A19BBD #B29BBD #BD9BB7

triadic

#B29BBD #BDB29B #9BBDB2

tetradic

#B29BBD #BDA19B #A6BD9B #9BB7BD

square

#B29BBD #BDA19B #A6BD9B #9BB7BD

split-complementary

#B29BBD #B7BD9B #9BBDA1

monochromatic

#775885 #9676A5 #B29BBD #CEC0D5 #EBE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B29BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B29BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BBD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BBD	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.055 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8d1',
    500: '#b29bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bbd;
$custom-light: #c9b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.05479,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BBD

secondary

#D8DFD5

accent

#9F4763

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BBD

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

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