#B29DC6#B29DC6

#B29DC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.063 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29DC6
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(271, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 15.52, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 23.92, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0386 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.063 308)
XYZ	xyz(40.6083, 37.6564, 58.5442)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29DC6 #B1C69D

analogous

#9E9DC6 #B29DC6 #C69DC6

triadic

#B29DC6 #C6B29D #9DC6B2

tetradic

#B29DC6 #C69E9D #B1C69D #9DC6C6

square

#B29DC6 #C69E9D #B1C69D #9DC6C6

split-complementary

#B29DC6 #C6C69D #9DC69E

monochromatic

#755693 #9476AF #B29DC6 #D0C4DD #EFEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B29DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B29DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29DC6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29DC6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.063 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bad7',
    500: '#b29dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29dc6;
$custom-light: #c9bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 26.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.06269,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.37656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29DC6

secondary

#DFE5DA

accent

#A54072

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29DC6

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

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