#B89ECB#B89ECB

#B89ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.070 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89ECB
RGB	rgb(184, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 17.99, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 26.52, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0455 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.07 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7717, 38.9562, 61.7544)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89ECB #B1CB9E

analogous

#A19ECB #B89ECB #CB9EC7

triadic

#B89ECB #CBB89E #9ECBB8

tetradic

#B89ECB #CBA19E #B1CB9E #9EC7CB

square

#B89ECB #CBA19E #B1CB9E #9EC7CB

split-complementary

#B89ECB #C7CB9E #9ECBA1

monochromatic

#7D539B #9B76B6 #B89ECB #D5C6E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B89ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B89ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89ECB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89ECB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.070 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadb',
    500: '#b89ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89ecb;
$custom-light: #cdbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89ECB

secondary

#E1E8DC

accent

#A93D6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89ECB

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

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