#B299CA#B299CA

#B299CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.075 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299CA
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 18.60, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 28.61, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0459 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.075 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4101, 36.5120, 60.7843)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299CA #B1CA99

analogous

#9A99CA #B299CA #CA99CA

triadic

#B299CA #CAB299 #99CAB2

tetradic

#B299CA #CA9A99 #B1CA99 #99CACA

square

#B299CA #CA9A99 #B1CA99 #99CACA

split-complementary

#B299CA #CACA99 #99CA9A

monochromatic

#755099 #9471B5 #B299CA #D0C1DF #EFEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B299CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B299CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299CA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299CA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.075 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7da',
    500: '#b299ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299ca;
$custom-light: #c9b7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.07489,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299CA

secondary

#DFE6D8

accent

#AA3B72

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299CA

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

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