#B299DC#B299DC

#B299DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299DC
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 22.55, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 38.07, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.051 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.099 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6669, 37.4147, 72.6702)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299DC #C3DC99

analogous

#99A1DC #B299DC #D399DC

triadic

#B299DC #DCB299 #99DCB2

tetradic

#B299DC #DC99A1 #C3DC99 #99DCD3

square

#B299DC #DC99A1 #C3DC99 #99DCD3

split-complementary

#B299DC #DCD399 #A1DC99

monochromatic

#6E40BB #906BCC #B299DC #D4C7EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B299DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B299DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299DC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299DC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7e7',
    500: '#b299dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299dc;
$custom-light: #cab7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299DC

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2985

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299DC

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

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