#B29BD2#B29BD2

#B29BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.082 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BD2
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 19.21, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 31.50, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0453 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.082 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7120, 37.5609, 66.0128)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BD2 #BBD29B

analogous

#9BA0D2 #B29BD2 #CE9BD2

triadic

#B29BD2 #D2B29B #9BD2B2

tetradic

#B29BD2 #D29BA0 #BBD29B #9BD2CE

square

#B29BD2 #D29BA0 #BBD29B #9BD2CE

split-complementary

#B29BD2 #D2CE9B #A0D29B

monochromatic

#724BA7 #9271BF #B29BD2 #D3C5E5 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B29BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B29BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BD2

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BD2	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.082 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8e0',
    500: '#b29bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bd2;
$custom-light: #c9b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BD2

secondary

#E6EBDD

accent

#B1357D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BD2

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

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