#B89AB8#B89AB8

#B89AB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.055 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B89AB8
RGBrgb(184, 154, 184)
HSLhsl(300, 17%, 66%)
HSVhsv(300, 16%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.10, 16.43, -11.36)
CIE-LCHlch(67.10, 19.97, 325.33°)
OKLaboklab(72.27% 0.0453 -0.0304)
OKLCHoklch(72.27% 0.055 326.1)
XYZxyz(39.9734, 36.7630, 50.3283)
Luminance0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B89AB8 #9AB89A
analogous
#A99AB8 #B89AB8 #B89AA9
triadic
#B89AB8 #B8B89A #9AB8B8
tetradic
#B89AB8 #B8A99A #9AB89A #9AA9B8
square
#B89AB8 #B8A99A #9AB89A #9AA9B8
split-complementary
#B89AB8 #A9B89A #9AB8A9
monochromatic
#7F597F #9F769F #B89AB8 #D1BED1 #EBE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#B89AB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#B89AB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89AB8
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B89AB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B89AB81.002.518.358.35
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98A1B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA5B7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9CA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b89ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.055 326.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8cd',
    500: '#b89ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b89ab8;
$custom-light: #cdb8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b89ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.05452,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B89AB8
secondary
#D2DCD2
accent
#9C4A4A
background
#FCFBFC
surface
#F9F6F9
border
#D2D0D2
text
#131113
muted
#828082

Preview Lab

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#B89AB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva