#B89BD2#B89BD2

#B89BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.084 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BD2
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 21.13, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 32.05, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0521 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.084 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1193, 38.2865, 66.0787)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BD2 #B5D29B

analogous

#9D9BD2 #B89BD2 #D29BD1

triadic

#B89BD2 #D2B89B #9BD2B8

tetradic

#B89BD2 #D29D9B #B5D29B #9BD1D2

square

#B89BD2 #D29D9B #B5D29B #9BD1D2

split-complementary

#B89BD2 #D1D29B #9BD29D

monochromatic

#7C4BA7 #9A71BF #B89BD2 #D6C5E5 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B89BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B89BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BD2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BD2	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.084 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8e0',
    500: '#b89bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bd2;
$custom-light: #cdb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BD2

secondary

#E4EBDD

accent

#B1356F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BD2

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

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