#B89DCD#B89DCD

#B89DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.074 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89DCD
RGB	rgb(184, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 18.96, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 28.19, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0476 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.074 310)
XYZ	xyz(42.8417, 38.7124, 62.9611)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89DCD #B2CD9D

analogous

#A09DCD #B89DCD #CD9DCA

triadic

#B89DCD #CDB89D #9DCDB8

tetradic

#B89DCD #CDA09D #B2CD9D #9DCACD

square

#B89DCD #CDA09D #B2CD9D #9DCACD

split-complementary

#B89DCD #CACD9D #9DCDA0

monochromatic

#7D519F #9B74B8 #B89DCD #D5C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B89DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B89DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89DCD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89DCD	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)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.074 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadc',
    500: '#b89dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89dcd;
$custom-light: #cdbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89DCD

secondary

#E2E9DD

accent

#AB3A6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89DCD

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

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