#B89BB8#B89BB8

#B89BB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.053 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BB8
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 15.87, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 19.30, 325.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0437 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.053 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1392, 37.0945, 50.3836)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BB8 #9BB89B

analogous

#AA9BB8 #B89BB8 #B89BAA

triadic

#B89BB8 #B8B89B #9BB8B8

tetradic

#B89BB8 #B8AA9B #9BB89B #9BAAB8

square

#B89BB8 #B8AA9B #9BB89B #9BAAB8

split-complementary

#B89BB8 #AAB89B #9BB8AA

monochromatic

#7F5A7F #9F779F #B89BB8 #D1BFD1 #EBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B89BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B89BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BB8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BB8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.053 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8cd',
    500: '#b89bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bb8;
$custom-light: #cdb8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.959,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.05268,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BB8

secondary

#D3DCD3

accent

#9B4A4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BB8

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

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