Information about #B29DEF color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #B29DEF reads as a energetic, saturated twilight violet and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Dull Lavender (#A899E6). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig (#AAA4E3) and Very Light Indigo (#B69EFF).
In RGB terms — rgb(178, 157, 239) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #B29DEF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#B29DEF color variations
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#B29DEF color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B29DEF color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B29DEF color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B29DEF color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#B29DEF color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #B29DEF color
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Nearest named colors to #B29DEF
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A899E6
#AAA4E3
#B69EFF
#AA9EFF
#ACACE6
#BF94E4
#AE8BE7
#C79FEF
#B19CD9
#C29EFF
#C58DEE
#CA9BF7
#B29DEF color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B29DEF
- RGB178, 157, 239
- CMYK24, 32, 0, 6
- CSSrgb(178, 157, 239)
- HSL255°, 72%, 78%
- HSL Precise255.366°, 71.93%, 77.647%
- HSV255°, 34%, 94%
- HSB255°, 34%, 94%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.698
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.616
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.937
- GLSLvec3(0.698, 0.616, 0.937)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.698, 0.616, 0.937, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.698, 0.616, 0.937)
- Percentage of Red in RGB69.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB93.7%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDB29DEF
- DECIMAL ID11705839
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
