#B199E5#B199E5

#B199E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199E5
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 229)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 24.32, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 42.79, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0521 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.111 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6624, 37.7864, 79.1068)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199E5 #CDE599

analogous

#99A7E5 #B199E5 #D799E5

triadic

#B199E5 #E5B199 #99E5B1

tetradic

#B199E5 #E599A7 #CDE599 #99E5D7

square

#B199E5 #E599A7 #CDE599 #99E5D7

split-complementary

#B199E5 #E5D799 #A7E599

monochromatic

#6637CC #8C68D9 #B199E5 #D6CAF1 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B199E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B199E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199E5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199E5	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7ed',
    500: '#b199e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199e5;
$custom-light: #c9b7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73248,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199E5

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C71E92

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199E5

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

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