#B89BCD#B89BCD

#B89BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.078 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BCD
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 20.07, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 29.49, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0506 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.078 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5061, 38.0412, 62.8492)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BCD #B0CD9B

analogous

#9F9BCD #B89BCD #CD9BC9

triadic

#B89BCD #CDB89B #9BCDB8

tetradic

#B89BCD #CD9F9B #B0CD9B #9BC9CD

square

#B89BCD #CD9F9B #B0CD9B #9BC9CD

split-complementary

#B89BCD #C9CD9B #9BCD9F

monochromatic

#7D4F9E #9B72B9 #B89BCD #D5C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B89BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B89BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BCD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BCD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.078 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8dc',
    500: '#b89bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bcd;
$custom-light: #cdb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.07759,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BCD

secondary

#E1E9DB

accent

#AC396A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BCD

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

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