#B89CD4#B89CD4

#B89CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.085 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89CD4
RGB	rgb(184, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 20.99, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 32.43, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0512 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.085 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5371, 38.7210, 67.4549)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89CD4 #B8D49C

analogous

#9C9CD4 #B89CD4 #D49CD4

triadic

#B89CD4 #D4B89C #9CD4B8

tetradic

#B89CD4 #D49C9C #B8D49C #9CD4D4

square

#B89CD4 #D49C9C #B8D49C #9CD4D4

split-complementary

#B89CD4 #D4D49C #9CD49C

monochromatic

#7B4AAB #9971C1 #B89CD4 #D7C7E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B89CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B89CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89CD4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89CD4	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)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.085 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9e1',
    500: '#b89cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89cd4;
$custom-light: #ceb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89CD4

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B23373

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89CD4

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

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