#B199BF#B199BF

#B199BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.060 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199BF
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(278, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 15.98, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 22.85, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0412 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.06 313)
XYZ	xyz(38.9251, 35.8915, 54.1573)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199BF #A7BF99

analogous

#9E99BF #B199BF #BF99BA

triadic

#B199BF #BFB199 #99BFB1

tetradic

#B199BF #BF9E99 #A7BF99 #99BABF

square

#B199BF #BF9E99 #A7BF99 #99BABF

split-complementary

#B199BF #BABF99 #99BF9E

monochromatic

#755588 #9473A7 #B199BF #CEBFD7 #EBE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B199BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B199BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199BF

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199BF	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.060 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b7d2',
    500: '#b199bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199bf;
$custom-light: #c8b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.06038,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.35891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199BF

secondary

#D8E0D4

accent

#A14466

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199BF

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

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