#B199DC#B199DC

#B199DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199DC
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(261, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 22.25, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 38.00, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0499 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.098 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4382, 37.2968, 72.6595)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199DC #C4DC99

analogous

#99A2DC #B199DC #D399DC

triadic

#B199DC #DCB199 #99DCB1

tetradic

#B199DC #DC99A2 #C4DC99 #99DCD3

square

#B199DC #DC99A2 #C4DC99 #99DCD3

split-complementary

#B199DC #DCD399 #A2DC99

monochromatic

#6C40BB #8E6BCC #B199DC #D4C7EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B199DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B199DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199DC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199DC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7e7',
    500: '#b199dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199dc;
$custom-light: #c9b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199DC

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2988

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199DC

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

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