#B199E8#B199E8

#B199E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199E8
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 25.02, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 44.39, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0529 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.115 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0849, 37.9554, 81.3319)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199E8 #D0E899

analogous

#99A8E8 #B199E8 #D899E8

triadic

#B199E8 #E8B199 #99E8B1

tetradic

#B199E8 #E899A8 #D0E899 #99E8D8

square

#B199E8 #E899A8 #D0E899 #99E8D8

split-complementary

#B199E8 #E8D899 #A8E899

monochromatic

#6535D1 #8B67DD #B199E8 #D7CBF3 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B199E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B199E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199E8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199E8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7ef',
    500: '#b199e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199e8;
$custom-light: #c9b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.228,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73384,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199E8

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CB1B95

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199E8

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

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