#B199EE#B199EE

#B199EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199EE
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 26.44, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 47.58, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0542 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.123 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9517, 38.3022, 85.8971)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199EE #D6EE99

analogous

#99ACEE #B199EE #DC99EE

triadic

#B199EE #EEB199 #99EEB1

tetradic

#B199EE #EE99AC #D6EE99 #99EEDC

square

#B199EE #EE99AC #D6EE99 #99EEDC

split-complementary

#B199EE #EEDC99 #ACEE99

monochromatic

#6130DD #8965E5 #B199EE #D9CDF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B199EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B199EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199EE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199EE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7f4',
    500: '#b199ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199ee;
$custom-light: #cab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.941,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199EE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D3129D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199EE

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

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