#B199EF#B199EF

#B199EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199EF
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 26.68, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 48.11, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0545 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.124 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0990, 38.3611, 86.6730)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199EF #D7EF99

analogous

#99ACEF #B199EF #DC99EF

triadic

#B199EF #EFB199 #99EFB1

tetradic

#B199EF #EF99AC #D7EF99 #99EFDC

square

#B199EF #EF99AC #D7EF99 #99EFDC

split-complementary

#B199EF #EFDC99 #ACEF99

monochromatic

#602FDE #8964E7 #B199EF #D9CEF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B199EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B199EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199EF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199EF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7f4',
    500: '#b199ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199ef;
$custom-light: #cab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.744,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7371,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199EF

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D5119E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199EF

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

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