#B199F9#B199F9

#B199F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.137 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B199F9
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 249)
HSL	hsl(255, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 38.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 29.10, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 53.43, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0565 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.137 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6174, 38.9684, 94.6698)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B199F9 #E1F999

analogous

#99B1F9 #B199F9 #E199F9

triadic

#B199F9 #F9B199 #99F9B1

tetradic

#B199F9 #F999B1 #E1F999 #99F9E1

square

#B199F9 #F999B1 #E1F999 #99F9E1

split-complementary

#B199F9 #F9E199 #B1F999

monochromatic

#5925F2 #855FF6 #B199F9 #DDD3FC #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B199F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B199F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B199F9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B199F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B199F9	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b199f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.137 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7fb',
    500: '#b199f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b199f9;
$custom-light: #cab7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b199f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74192,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B199F9

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E600AC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B199F9

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

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