#B29CB8#B29CB8

#B29CB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.047 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CB8
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(287, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 13.23, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 17.52, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0354 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.047 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8990, 36.7031, 50.3733)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CB8 #A2B89C

analogous

#A49CB8 #B29CB8 #B89CB0

triadic

#B29CB8 #B8B29C #9CB8B2

tetradic

#B29CB8 #B8A49C #A2B89C #9CB0B8

square

#B29CB8 #B8A49C #A2B89C #9CB0B8

split-complementary

#B29CB8 #B0B89C #9CB8A4

monochromatic

#775B7F #96789E #B29CB8 #CEC0D2 #E9E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B29CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B29CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CB8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CB8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.047 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9cd',
    500: '#b29cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cb8;
$custom-light: #c9b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72104,
    "c": 0.04691,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CB8

secondary

#D5DCD3

accent

#9B4B5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CB8

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

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