#B29CDD#B29CDD

#B29CDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CDD
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 21.10, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 36.70, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.047 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.095 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2969, 38.4622, 73.5355)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CDD #C7DD9C

analogous

#9CA7DD #B29CDD #D39CDD

triadic

#B29CDD #DDB29C #9CDDB2

tetradic

#B29CDD #DD9CA7 #C7DD9C #9CDDD3

square

#B29CDD #DD9CA7 #C7DD9C #9CDDD3

split-complementary

#B29CDD #DDD39C #A7DD9C

monochromatic

#6B41BE #8F6ECD #B29CDD #D5CAED #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B29CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B29CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CDD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CDD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9e7',
    500: '#b29cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cdd;
$custom-light: #cab9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.308,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73544,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC298A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CDD

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

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