#B299EE#B299EE

#B299EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299EE
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 26.73, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 47.62, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0554 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.123 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1804, 38.4201, 85.9079)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299EE #D5EE99

analogous

#99ABEE #B299EE #DD99EE

triadic

#B299EE #EEB299 #99EEB2

tetradic

#B299EE #EE99AB #D5EE99 #99EEDD

square

#B299EE #EE99AB #D5EE99 #99EEDD

split-complementary

#B299EE #EEDD99 #ABEE99

monochromatic

#6330DD #8A65E5 #B299EE #DACDF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B299EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B299EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299EE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299EE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7f4',
    500: '#b299ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299ee;
$custom-light: #cab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299EE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D3129B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299EE

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

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