#B299CB#B299CB

#B299CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.076 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299CB
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(270, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 18.82, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 29.13, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0461 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.076 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5288, 36.5595, 61.4099)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299CB #B2CB99

analogous

#9999CB #B299CB #CB99CB

triadic

#B299CB #CBB299 #99CBB2

tetradic

#B299CB #CB9999 #B2CB99 #99CBCB

square

#B299CB #CB9999 #B2CB99 #99CBCB

split-complementary

#B299CB #CBCB99 #99CB99

monochromatic

#754F9B #9370B6 #B299CB #D1C2E0 #EFEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B299CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B299CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299CB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299CB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.076 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7db',
    500: '#b299cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299cb;
$custom-light: #c9b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.07619,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299CB

secondary

#E0E7D9

accent

#AB3A73

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299CB

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

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