#B89ECD#B89ECD

#B89ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.072 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89ECD
RGB	rgb(184, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 18.40, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 27.54, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0462 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.072 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0115, 39.0522, 63.0177)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89ECD #B3CD9E

analogous

#A09ECD #B89ECD #CD9ECA

triadic

#B89ECD #CDB89E #9ECDB8

tetradic

#B89ECD #CDA09E #B3CD9E #9ECACD

square

#B89ECD #CDA09E #B3CD9E #9ECACD

split-complementary

#B89ECD #CACD9E #9ECDA0

monochromatic

#7C529F #9A76B8 #B89ECD #D6C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B89ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B89ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89ECD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89ECD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.072 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadc',
    500: '#b89ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89ecd;
$custom-light: #cdbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89ECD

secondary

#E3EADD

accent

#AB3B6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89ECD

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

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