#B199CC#B199CC

#B199CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.077 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199CC
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 18.71, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 29.55, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0453 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.077 306)
XYZ	xyz(40.4197, 36.4894, 62.0288)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199CC #B4CC99

analogous

#999BCC #B199CC #CA99CC

triadic

#B199CC #CCB199 #99CCB1

tetradic

#B199CC #CC999B #B4CC99 #99CCCA

square

#B199CC #CC999B #B4CC99 #99CCCA

split-complementary

#B199CC #CCCA99 #9BCC99

monochromatic

#734E9C #9270B8 #B199CC #D0C2E0 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B199CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B199CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199CC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199CC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.077 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b7db',
    500: '#b199cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199cc;
$custom-light: #c8b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72182,
    "c": 0.07715,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.36489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199CC

secondary

#E1E8D9

accent

#AC3976

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199CC

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

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