#B29CDB#B29CDB

#B29CDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CDB
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(261, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 20.65, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 35.63, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0464 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.092 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0320, 38.3563, 72.1405)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CDB #C5DB9C

analogous

#9CA5DB #B29CDB #D19CDB

triadic

#B29CDB #DBB29C #9CDBB2

tetradic

#B29CDB #DB9CA5 #C5DB9C #9CDBD1

square

#B29CDB #DB9CA5 #C5DB9C #9CDBD1

split-complementary

#B29CDB #DBD19C #A5DB9C

monochromatic

#6D43B9 #8F6FCB #B29CDB #D5C9EB #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B29CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B29CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CDB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CDB	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b9e6',
    500: '#b29cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cdb;
$custom-light: #c9b9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CDB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BA2C88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CDB

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

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