#B89BDA#B89BDA

#B89BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.094 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BDA
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 22.85, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 36.19, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0544 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.094 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1409, 38.6952, 71.4596)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BDA #BDDA9B

analogous

#9B9DDA #B89BDA #D79BDA

triadic

#B89BDA #DAB89B #9BDAB8

tetradic

#B89BDA #DA9B9D #BDDA9B #9BDAD7

square

#B89BDA #DA9B9D #BDDA9B #9BDAD7

split-complementary

#B89BDA #DAD79B #9DDA9B

monochromatic

#7944B7 #986EC9 #B89BDA #D8C8EB #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B89BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B89BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BDA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BDA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.094 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8e5',
    500: '#b89bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bda;
$custom-light: #ceb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.619,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BDA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B92C78

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BDA

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

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