#B29DDD#B29DDD

#B29DDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29DDD
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 20.54, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 36.06, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0455 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.093 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4654, 38.7992, 73.5917)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29DDD #C8DD9D

analogous

#9DA8DD #B29DDD #D29DDD

triadic

#B29DDD #DDB29D #9DDDB2

tetradic

#B29DDD #DD9DA8 #C8DD9D #9DDDD2

square

#B29DDD #DD9DA8 #C8DD9D #9DDDD2

split-complementary

#B29DDD #DDD29D #A8DD9D

monochromatic

#6B42BD #8E70CD #B29DDD #D6CAED #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B29DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B29DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29DDD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29DDD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabae7',
    500: '#b29ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29ddd;
$custom-light: #cabae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29DDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2A8C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29DDD

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

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