#B299BC#B299BC

#B299BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.057 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299BC
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(283, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 15.71, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 21.49, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0413 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.057 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8270, 35.8787, 52.4471)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299BC #A3BC99

analogous

#A199BC #B299BC #BC99B5

triadic

#B299BC #BCB299 #99BCB2

tetradic

#B299BC #BCA199 #A3BC99 #99B5BC

square

#B299BC #BCA199 #A3BC99 #99B5BC

split-complementary

#B299BC #B5BC99 #99BCA1

monochromatic

#775784 #9674A4 #B299BC #CEBED4 #EAE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B299BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B299BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299BC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299BC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.057 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7d0',
    500: '#b299bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299bc;
$custom-light: #c9b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71662,
    "c": 0.05718,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299BC

secondary

#D6DED3

accent

#9F4660

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299BC

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

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