#B29ECB#B29ECB

#B29ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.068 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29ECB
RGB	rgb(178, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(267, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(267, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 16.02, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 25.89, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0387 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.068 305)
XYZ	xyz(41.3644, 38.2306, 61.6884)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29ECB #B7CB9E

analogous

#9EA0CB #B29ECB #C89ECB

triadic

#B29ECB #CBB29E #9ECBB2

tetradic

#B29ECB #CB9EA0 #B7CB9E #9ECBC8

square

#B29ECB #CB9EA0 #B7CB9E #9ECBC8

split-complementary

#B29ECB #CBC89E #A0CB9E

monochromatic

#73539B #9276B6 #B29ECB #D2C6E0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B29ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B29ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29ECB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29ECB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.068 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9badb',
    500: '#b29ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29ecb;
$custom-light: #c9badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.3823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29ECB

secondary

#E3E8DC

accent

#A93D79

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29ECB

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

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