#B29CB0#B29CB0

#B29CB0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.038 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CB0
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 11.69, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 13.83, 327.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0325 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.038 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0840, 36.3771, 46.0811)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CB0 #9CB29E

analogous

#A99CB2 #B29CB0 #B29CA5

triadic

#B29CB0 #B0B29C #9CB0B2

tetradic

#B29CB0 #B2A99C #9CB29E #9CA5B2

square

#B29CB0 #B2A99C #9CB29E #9CA5B2

split-complementary

#B29CB0 #A5B29C #9CB2A9

monochromatic

#775D75 #977A95 #B29CB0 #CDBECB #E8E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B29CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B29CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CB0

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CB0	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.038 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9c7',
    500: '#b29cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cb0;
$custom-light: #c9b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71831,
    "c": 0.03796,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CB0

secondary

#D1D9D2

accent

#97554F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CB0

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

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