#B199E2#B199E2

#B199E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199E2
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 23.62, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 41.19, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0514 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.107 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2471, 37.6203, 76.9198)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199E2 #CAE299

analogous

#99A6E2 #B199E2 #D699E2

triadic

#B199E2 #E2B199 #99E2B1

tetradic

#B199E2 #E299A6 #CAE299 #99E2D6

square

#B199E2 #E299A6 #CAE299 #99E2D6

split-complementary

#B199E2 #E2D699 #A6E299

monochromatic

#683AC7 #8D69D4 #B199E2 #D5C9F0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B199E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B199E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199E2

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199E2	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7eb',
    500: '#b199e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199e2;
$custom-light: #c9b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199E2

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C3228E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199E2

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

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