#B299EA#B299EA

#B299EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299EA
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 25.78, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 45.50, 304.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0545 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.117 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5992, 38.1876, 82.8472)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299EA #D1EA99

analogous

#99A8EA #B299EA #DB99EA

triadic

#B299EA #EAB299 #99EAB2

tetradic

#B299EA #EA99A8 #D1EA99 #99EADB

square

#B299EA #EA99A8 #D1EA99 #99EADB

split-complementary

#B299EA #EADB99 #A8EA99

monochromatic

#6533D5 #8C66E0 #B299EA #D8CCF4 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B299EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B299EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299EA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299EA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7f1',
    500: '#b299ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299ea;
$custom-light: #cab7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.519,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299EA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CE1896

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299EA

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

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