#B89BCB#B89BCB

#B89BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.075 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BCB
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(276, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 19.66, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 28.48, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.05 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.075 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2662, 37.9453, 61.5859)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BCB #AECB9B

analogous

#A09BCB #B89BCB #CB9BC6

triadic

#B89BCB #CBB89B #9BCBB8

tetradic

#B89BCB #CBA09B #AECB9B #9BC6CB

square

#B89BCB #CBA09B #AECB9B #9BC6CB

split-complementary

#B89BCB #C6CB9B #9BCBA0

monochromatic

#7E519B #9B73B6 #B89BCB #D5C3E0 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B89BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B89BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BCB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BCB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.075 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8db',
    500: '#b89bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bcb;
$custom-light: #cdb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.07507,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BCB

secondary

#E0E8DA

accent

#AA3B67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BCB

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

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