#B299CD#B299CD

#B299CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.079 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299CD
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 19.24, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 30.17, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0468 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.079 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7687, 36.6554, 62.6732)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299CD #B4CD99

analogous

#999ACD #B299CD #CC99CD

triadic

#B299CD #CDB299 #99CDB2

tetradic

#B299CD #CD999A #B4CD99 #99CDCC

square

#B299CD #CD999A #B4CD99 #99CDCC

split-complementary

#B299CD #CDCC99 #9ACD99

monochromatic

#744D9E #9370B9 #B299CD #D1C2E1 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B299CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B299CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299CD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299CD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.079 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7dc',
    500: '#b299cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299cd;
$custom-light: #c9b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.0788,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299CD

secondary

#E1E8DA

accent

#AD3875

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299CD

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

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