#B29DEB#B29DEB

#B29DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29DEB
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 23.78, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 43.53, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0491 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.112 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4090, 39.5766, 83.8279)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29DEB #D6EB9D

analogous

#9DAFEB #B29DEB #D99DEB

triadic

#B29DEB #EBB29D #9DEBB2

tetradic

#B29DEB #EB9DAF #D6EB9D #9DEBD9

square

#B29DEB #EB9DAF #D6EB9D #9DEBD9

split-complementary

#B29DEB #EBD99D #AFEB9D

monochromatic

#6237D6 #8A6AE1 #B29DEB #DAD0F5 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B29DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B29DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29DEB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29DEB	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabaf1',
    500: '#b29deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29deb;
$custom-light: #cabaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74348,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29DEB

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CE189D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29DEB

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

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