#B199DB#B199DB

#B199DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199DB
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 22.02, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 37.47, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0496 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.097 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3062, 37.2440, 71.9641)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199DB #C3DB99

analogous

#99A2DB #B199DB #D299DB

triadic

#B199DB #DBB199 #99DBB1

tetradic

#B199DB #DB99A2 #C3DB99 #99DBD2

square

#B199DB #DB99A2 #C3DB99 #99DBD2

split-complementary

#B199DB #DBD299 #A2DB99

monochromatic

#6D41B8 #8E6CCB #B199DB #D4C6EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B199DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B199DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199DB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199DB	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7e6',
    500: '#b199db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199db;
$custom-light: #c9b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199DB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BB2A86

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199DB

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

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