#B29CB2#B29CB2

#B29CB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.040 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CB2
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 12.07, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 14.71, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0332 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.04 326)
XYZ	xyz(38.2834, 36.4568, 47.1310)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CB2 #9CB29C

analogous

#A79CB2 #B29CB2 #B29CA7

triadic

#B29CB2 #B2B29C #9CB2B2

tetradic

#B29CB2 #B2A79C #9CB29C #9CA7B2

square

#B29CB2 #B2A79C #9CB29C #9CA7B2

split-complementary

#B29CB2 #A7B29C #9CB2A7

monochromatic

#775D77 #977A97 #B29CB2 #CDBECD #E8E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B29CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B29CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CB2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CB2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.040 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9c9',
    500: '#b29cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cb2;
$custom-light: #c9b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71898,
    "c": 0.04009,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.36456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CB2

secondary

#D1D9D1

accent

#974F4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CB2

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

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