#B299F9#B299F9

#B299F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299F9
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 249)
HSL	hsl(256, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 38.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 29.38, -44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 53.46, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0577 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.137 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8460, 39.0864, 94.6805)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299F9 #E0F999

analogous

#99B0F9 #B299F9 #E299F9

triadic

#B299F9 #F9B299 #99F9B2

tetradic

#B299F9 #F999B0 #E0F999 #99F9E2

square

#B299F9 #F999B0 #E0F999 #99F9E2

split-complementary

#B299F9 #F9E299 #B0F999

monochromatic

#5B25F2 #865FF6 #B299F9 #DED3FC #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B299F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B299F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299F9

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299F9	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7fb',
    500: '#b299f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299f9;
$custom-light: #cbb7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.625,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299F9

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E600AA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299F9

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

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