#B299EF#B299EF

#B299EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.124 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299EF
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 26.97, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 48.15, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0556 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.124 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3277, 38.4790, 86.6838)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299EF #D6EF99

analogous

#99ABEF #B299EF #DD99EF

triadic

#B299EF #EFB299 #99EFB2

tetradic

#B299EF #EF99AB #D6EF99 #99EFDD

square

#B299EF #EF99AB #D6EF99 #99EFDD

split-complementary

#B299EF #EFDD99 #ABEF99

monochromatic

#622FDE #8A64E7 #B299EF #DACEF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B299EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B299EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299EF

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299EF	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.124 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7f4',
    500: '#b299ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299ef;
$custom-light: #cab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.442,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299EF

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D5119C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299EF

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

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