#B299BB#B299BB

#B299BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.056 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299BB
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(284, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 15.51, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 20.99, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.041 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.056 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7196, 35.8358, 51.8813)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299BB #A2BB99

analogous

#A199BB #B299BB #BB99B3

triadic

#B299BB #BBB299 #99BBB2

tetradic

#B299BB #BBA199 #A2BB99 #99B3BB

square

#B299BB #BBA199 #A2BB99 #99B3BB

split-complementary

#B299BB #B3BB99 #99BBA1

monochromatic

#775783 #9674A3 #B299BB #CEBED3 #E9E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B299BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B299BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299BB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299BB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.056 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7cf',
    500: '#b299bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299bb;
$custom-light: #c9b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71625,
    "c": 0.05597,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299BB

secondary

#D5DDD2

accent

#9E475E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299BB

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

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