#B29BC2#B29BC2

#B29BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.061 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BC2
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(275, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 15.81, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 23.18, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0403 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.061 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8174, 36.8030, 56.0346)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BC2 #ABC29B

analogous

#9E9BC2 #B29BC2 #C29BBE

triadic

#B29BC2 #C2B29B #9BC2B2

tetradic

#B29BC2 #C29E9B #ABC29B #9BBEC2

square

#B29BC2 #C29E9B #ABC29B #9BBEC2

split-complementary

#B29BC2 #BEC29B #9BC29E

monochromatic

#76568D #9575AB #B29BC2 #CFC1D9 #EDE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B29BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B29BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BC2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BC2	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.061 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8d4',
    500: '#b29bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bc2;
$custom-light: #c9b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.06106,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BC2

secondary

#DBE2D7

accent

#A3436A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BC2

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

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