#B29FCD#B29FCD

#B29FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.069 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29FCD
RGB	rgb(178, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 15.89, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 26.30, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0379 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.069 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7755, 38.6691, 63.0088)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29FCD #BACD9F

analogous

#9FA3CD #B29FCD #C99FCD

triadic

#B29FCD #CDB29F #9FCDB2

tetradic

#B29FCD #CD9FA3 #BACD9F #9FCDC9

square

#B29FCD #CD9FA3 #BACD9F #9FCDC9

split-complementary

#B29FCD #CDC99F #A3CD9F

monochromatic

#72539F #9277B8 #B29FCD #D2C7E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B29FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B29FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29FCD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29FCD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.069 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bbdc',
    500: '#b29fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29fcd;
$custom-light: #c9bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.06852,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29FCD

secondary

#E5EADE

accent

#AA3B7C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29FCD

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

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