#B199DF#B199DF

#B199DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199DF
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 22.93, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 39.60, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0506 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.102 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8391, 37.4571, 74.7708)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199DF #C7DF99

analogous

#99A4DF #B199DF #D499DF

triadic

#B199DF #DFB199 #99DFB1

tetradic

#B199DF #DF99A4 #C7DF99 #99DFD4

square

#B199DF #DF99A4 #C7DF99 #99DFD4

split-complementary

#B199DF #DFD499 #A4DF99

monochromatic

#6A3DC1 #8D6AD0 #B199DF #D5C8EE #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B199DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B199DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199DF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199DF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7e9',
    500: '#b199df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199df;
$custom-light: #c9b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199DF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C0268B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199DF

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

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