#B299DD#B299DD

#B299DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299DD
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 22.78, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 38.60, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0513 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.1 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7997, 37.4678, 73.3698)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299DD #C4DD99

analogous

#99A2DD #B299DD #D499DD

triadic

#B299DD #DDB299 #99DDB2

tetradic

#B299DD #DD99A2 #C4DD99 #99DDD4

square

#B299DD #DD99A2 #C4DD99 #99DDD4

split-complementary

#B299DD #DDD499 #A2DD99

monochromatic

#6D3FBD #8F6BCE #B299DD #D5C7EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B299DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B299DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299DD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299DD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7e7',
    500: '#b299dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299dd;
$custom-light: #cab7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299DD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BD2886

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299DD

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

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