#B89CD5#B89CD5

#B89CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.086 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89CD5
RGB	rgb(184, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 21.21, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 32.95, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0515 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.086 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6636, 38.7716, 68.1213)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89CD5 #B9D59C

analogous

#9C9CD5 #B89CD5 #D59CD5

triadic

#B89CD5 #D5B89C #9CD5B8

tetradic

#B89CD5 #D59C9C #B9D59C #9CD5D5

square

#B89CD5 #D59C9C #B9D59C #9CD5D5

split-complementary

#B89CD5 #D5D59C #9CD59C

monochromatic

#7A49AD #9971C3 #B89CD5 #D7C7E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B89CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B89CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89CD5

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89CD5	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.086 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9e2',
    500: '#b89cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89cd5;
$custom-light: #ceb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.474,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89CD5

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B33274

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89CD5

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

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