#B29BEC#B29BEC

#B29BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BEC
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 25.13, -37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 45.31, 303.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0522 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.117 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2182, 38.9634, 84.4790)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BEC #D5EC9B

analogous

#9BADEC #B29BEC #DB9BEC

triadic

#B29BEC #ECB29B #9BECB2

tetradic

#B29BEC #EC9BAD #D5EC9B #9BECDB

square

#B29BEC #EC9BAD #D5EC9B #9BECDB

split-complementary

#B29BEC #ECDB9B #ADEC9B

monochromatic

#6334D8 #8A68E2 #B29BEC #DACEF6 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B29BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B29BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BEC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BEC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8f2',
    500: '#b29bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bec;
$custom-light: #cab8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.037,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BEC

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D0169B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BEC

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

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