#B29BCD#B29BCD

#B29BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.075 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BCD
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 18.12, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 28.87, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0438 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.075 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0988, 37.3156, 62.7832)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BCD #B6CD9B

analogous

#9B9DCD #B29BCD #CB9BCD

triadic

#B29BCD #CDB29B #9BCDB2

tetradic

#B29BCD #CD9B9D #B6CD9B #9BCDCB

square

#B29BCD #CD9B9D #B6CD9B #9BCDCB

split-complementary

#B29BCD #CDCB9B #9DCD9B

monochromatic

#744F9E #9372B9 #B29BCD #D1C4E1 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B29BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B29BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BCD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BCD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.075 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8dc',
    500: '#b29bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bcd;
$custom-light: #c9b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BCD

secondary

#E2E9DB

accent

#AC3977

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BCD

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

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