#B29DBD#B29DBD

#B29DBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.051 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29DBD
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 13.67, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 19.32, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0356 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.051 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6009, 37.2534, 53.2387)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29DBD #A8BD9D

analogous

#A29DBD #B29DBD #BD9DB8

triadic

#B29DBD #BDB29D #9DBDB2

tetradic

#B29DBD #BDA29D #A8BD9D #9DB8BD

square

#B29DBD #BDA29D #A8BD9D #9DB8BD

split-complementary

#B29DBD #B8BD9D #9DBDA2

monochromatic

#775A86 #9578A4 #B29DBD #CFC2D6 #EBE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B29DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B29DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29DBD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29DBD	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.051 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bad0',
    500: '#b29dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29dbd;
$custom-light: #c9bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.05118,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29DBD

secondary

#D9E0D6

accent

#9E4865

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29DBD

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

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