#B199E4#B199E4

#B199E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199E4
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 24.09, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 42.26, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0519 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.109 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5232, 37.7308, 78.3736)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199E4 #CCE499

analogous

#99A7E4 #B199E4 #D799E4

triadic

#B199E4 #E4B199 #99E4B1

tetradic

#B199E4 #E499A7 #CCE499 #99E4D7

square

#B199E4 #E499A7 #CCE499 #99E4D7

split-complementary

#B199E4 #E4D799 #A7E499

monochromatic

#6738CA #8C69D7 #B199E4 #D6C9F1 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B199E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B199E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199E4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199E4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7ec',
    500: '#b199e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199e4;
$custom-light: #c9b7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199E4

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C62091

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199E4

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

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