#B299BF#B299BF

#B299BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.061 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299BF
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(279, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 16.31, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 22.98, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0423 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.061 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1538, 36.0095, 54.1680)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299BF #A6BF99

analogous

#9F99BF #B299BF #BF99B9

triadic

#B299BF #BFB299 #99BFB2

tetradic

#B299BF #BF9F99 #A6BF99 #99B9BF

square

#B299BF #BF9F99 #A6BF99 #99B9BF

split-complementary

#B299BF #B9BF99 #99BF9F

monochromatic

#775588 #9673A7 #B299BF #CEBFD7 #EBE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B299BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B299BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299BF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299BF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.061 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7d2',
    500: '#b299bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299bf;
$custom-light: #c9b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.06086,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299BF

secondary

#D8E0D4

accent

#A14464

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299BF

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

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