#B29CB4#B29CB4

#B29CB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.042 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CB4
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(295, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 12.45, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 15.63, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.034 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.042 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4856, 36.5377, 48.1962)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CB4 #9EB49C

analogous

#A69CB4 #B29CB4 #B49CAA

triadic

#B29CB4 #B4B29C #9CB4B2

tetradic

#B29CB4 #B4A69C #9EB49C #9CAAB4

square

#B29CB4 #B4A69C #9EB49C #9CAAB4

split-complementary

#B29CB4 #AAB49C #9CB4A6

monochromatic

#775C7A #97799A #B29CB4 #CDBFCE #E8E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B29CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B29CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CB4

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CB4	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.042 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9ca',
    500: '#b29cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cb4;
$custom-light: #c9b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.04229,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CB4

secondary

#D3DAD2

accent

#984E54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CB4

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

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