#B199BC#B199BC

#B199BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.057 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199BC
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(281, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 15.37, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 21.34, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0402 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.057 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5984, 35.7608, 52.4364)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199BC #A4BC99

analogous

#A099BC #B199BC #BC99B6

triadic

#B199BC #BCB199 #99BCB1

tetradic

#B199BC #BCA099 #A4BC99 #99B6BC

square

#B199BC #BCA099 #A4BC99 #99B6BC

split-complementary

#B199BC #B6BC99 #99BCA0

monochromatic

#765784 #9574A4 #B199BC #CDBED4 #E9E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B199BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B199BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199BC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199BC	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.057 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b7d0',
    500: '#b199bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199bc;
$custom-light: #c8b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.05665,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199BC

secondary

#D6DED3

accent

#9F4662

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199BC

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

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