#B299DB#B299DB

#B299DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299DB
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 22.33, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 37.54, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0507 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.097 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5348, 37.3619, 71.9748)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299DB #C2DB99

analogous

#99A1DB #B299DB #D399DB

triadic

#B299DB #DBB299 #99DBB2

tetradic

#B299DB #DB99A1 #C2DB99 #99DBD3

square

#B299DB #DB99A1 #C2DB99 #99DBD3

split-complementary

#B299DB #DBD399 #A1DB99

monochromatic

#6E41B8 #906CCB #B299DB #D4C6EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B299DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B299DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299DB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299DB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7e6',
    500: '#b299db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299db;
$custom-light: #cab7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299DB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BB2A84

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299DB

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

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