#B89BC7#B89BC7

#B89BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.070 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BC7
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 18.84, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 26.47, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0488 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.07 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7957, 37.7571, 59.1078)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BC7 #AAC79B

analogous

#A29BC7 #B89BC7 #C79BC0

triadic

#B89BC7 #C7B89B #9BC7B8

tetradic

#B89BC7 #C7A29B #AAC79B #9BC0C7

square

#B89BC7 #C7A29B #AAC79B #9BC0C7

split-complementary

#B89BC7 #C0C79B #9BC7A2

monochromatic

#7E5394 #9C74B1 #B89BC7 #D4C2DD #F0E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B89BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B89BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BC7

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BC7	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.070 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8d8',
    500: '#b89bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bc7;
$custom-light: #cdb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73005,
    "c": 0.0701,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BC7

secondary

#DDE5D9

accent

#A73F62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BC7

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

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