#B29DCD#B29DCD

#B29DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.072 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29DCD
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 17.00, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 27.58, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0409 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.072 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4344, 37.9868, 62.8951)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29DCD #B8CD9D

analogous

#9DA0CD #B29DCD #CA9DCD

triadic

#B29DCD #CDB29D #9DCDB2

tetradic

#B29DCD #CD9DA0 #B8CD9D #9DCDCA

square

#B29DCD #CD9DA0 #B8CD9D #9DCDCA

split-complementary

#B29DCD #CDCA9D #A0CD9D

monochromatic

#73519F #9274B8 #B29DCD #D2C6E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B29DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B29DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29DCD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29DCD	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.072 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9badc',
    500: '#b29dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29dcd;
$custom-light: #c9badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73078,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29DCD

secondary

#E4E9DD

accent

#AB3A7A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29DCD

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

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