#B29CED#B29CED

#B29CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CED
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(256, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 24.81, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 45.22, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.051 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.117 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5310, 39.3559, 85.3020)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CED #D7ED9C

analogous

#9CAFED #B29CED #DA9CED

triadic

#B29CED #EDB29C #9CEDB2

tetradic

#B29CED #ED9CAF #D7ED9C #9CEDDA

square

#B29CED #ED9CAF #D7ED9C #9CEDDA

split-complementary

#B29CED #EDDA9C #AFED9C

monochromatic

#6134DA #8A68E4 #B29CED #DAD0F6 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B29CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B29CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CED

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CED	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9f3',
    500: '#b29ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29ced;
$custom-light: #cab9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.296,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CED

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D1149E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CED

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

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