#B299BD#B299BD

#B299BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.058 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299BD
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(282, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 15.91, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 21.98, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0417 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.058 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9352, 35.9220, 53.0168)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299BD #A4BD99

analogous

#A099BD #B299BD #BD99B6

triadic

#B299BD #BDB299 #99BDB2

tetradic

#B299BD #BDA099 #A4BD99 #99B6BD

square

#B299BD #BDA099 #A4BD99 #99B6BD

split-complementary

#B299BD #B6BD99 #99BDA0

monochromatic

#775685 #9674A5 #B299BD #CEBED5 #EAE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B299BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B299BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299BD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299BD	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)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.058 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7d1',
    500: '#b299bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299bd;
$custom-light: #c9b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.0584,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299BD

secondary

#D7DFD3

accent

#A04661

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299BD

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

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