#B89BEE#B89BEE

#B89BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89BEE
RGB	rgb(184, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 27.35, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 46.67, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0594 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.121 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9177, 39.8059, 86.0839)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89BEE #D1EE9B

analogous

#9BA8EE #B89BEE #E29BEE

triadic

#B89BEE #EEB89B #9BEEB8

tetradic

#B89BEE #EE9BA8 #D1EE9B #9BEEE2

square

#B89BEE #EE9BA8 #D1EE9B #9BEEE2

split-complementary

#B89BEE #EEE29B #A8EE9B

monochromatic

#6E32DC #9367E5 #B89BEE #DDCFF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B89BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B89BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89BEE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89BEE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8f4',
    500: '#b89bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89bee;
$custom-light: #ceb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.964,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89BEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D31390

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89BEE

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

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