#B89BEC#B89BEC

#B89BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BEC
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 26.89, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 45.62, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.059 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.118 300)
XYZ	xyz(46.6255, 39.6890, 84.5450)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BEC #CFEC9B

analogous

#9BA7EC #B89BEC #E09BEC

triadic

#B89BEC #ECB89B #9BECB8

tetradic

#B89BEC #EC9BA7 #CFEC9B #9BECE0

square

#B89BEC #EC9BA7 #CFEC9B #9BECE0

split-complementary

#B89BEC #ECE09B #A7EC9B

monochromatic

#6F34D8 #9368E2 #B89BEC #DDCEF6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B89BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B89BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BEC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BEC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8f2',
    500: '#b89bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bec;
$custom-light: #ceb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.481,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.39689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0168D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BEC

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

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