#B199CD#B199CD

#B199CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.078 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199CD
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 18.92, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 30.08, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0456 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.078 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5400, 36.5375, 62.6625)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199CD #B5CD99

analogous

#999BCD #B199CD #CB99CD

triadic

#B199CD #CDB199 #99CDB1

tetradic

#B199CD #CD999B #B5CD99 #99CDCB

square

#B199CD #CD999B #B5CD99 #99CDCB

split-complementary

#B199CD #CDCB99 #9BCD99

monochromatic

#734D9E #9270B9 #B199CD #D0C2E1 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B199CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B199CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199CD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199CD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.078 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b7dc',
    500: '#b199cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199cd;
$custom-light: #c8b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199CD

secondary

#E1E8DA

accent

#AD3877

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199CD

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

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