#B89CB8#B89CB8

#B89CB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.051 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89CB8
RGB	rgb(184, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 15.31, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 18.64, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0422 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.051 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3063, 37.4287, 50.4393)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89CB8 #9CB89C

analogous

#AA9CB8 #B89CB8 #B89CAA

triadic

#B89CB8 #B8B89C #9CB8B8

tetradic

#B89CB8 #B8AA9C #9CB89C #9CAAB8

square

#B89CB8 #B8AA9C #9CB89C #9CAAB8

split-complementary

#B89CB8 #AAB89C #9CB8AA

monochromatic

#7F5B7F #9E789E #B89CB8 #D2C0D2 #EBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B89CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B89CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89CB8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89CB8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.051 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9cd',
    500: '#b89cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89cb8;
$custom-light: #cdb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72654,
    "c": 0.05084,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89CB8

secondary

#D3DCD3

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89CB8

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

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