#B29CEF#B29CEF

#B29CEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29CEF
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 239)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 25.29, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 46.29, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0515 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.119 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8249, 39.4734, 86.8495)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29CEF #D9EF9C

analogous

#9CAFEF #B29CEF #DC9CEF

triadic

#B29CEF #EFB29C #9CEFB2

tetradic

#B29CEF #EF9CAF #D9EF9C #9CEFDC

square

#B29CEF #EF9CAF #D9EF9C #9CEFDC

split-complementary

#B29CEF #EFDC9C #AFEF9C

monochromatic

#6033DE #8967E6 #B29CEF #DBD1F8 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B29CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B29CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29CEF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29CEF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9f4',
    500: '#b29cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29cef;
$custom-light: #cab9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.904,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29CEF

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D411A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29CEF

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

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