#B89CB4#B89CB4

#B89CB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.047 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89CB4
RGB	rgb(184, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(309, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 14.56, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 16.89, 329.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0408 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.047 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8929, 37.2633, 48.2622)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89CB4 #9CB8A0

analogous

#AE9CB8 #B89CB4 #B89CA6

triadic

#B89CB4 #B4B89C #9CB4B8

tetradic

#B89CB4 #B8AE9C #9CB8A0 #9CA6B8

square

#B89CB4 #B8AE9C #9CB8A0 #9CA6B8

split-complementary

#B89CB4 #A6B89C #9CB8AE

monochromatic

#7F5B7A #9E7899 #B89CB4 #D2C0CF #EBE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B89CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B89CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89CB4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89CB4	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.047 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9ca',
    500: '#b89cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89cb4;
$custom-light: #cdb9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72518,
    "c": 0.04671,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89CB4

secondary

#D3DCD5

accent

#9B564B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89CB4

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

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