#B299FF#B299FF

#B299FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.145 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B299FF
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(255, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 30.85, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 56.64, 303.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0588 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.145 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7968, 39.4667, 99.6880)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B299FF #E6FF99

analogous

#99B3FF #B299FF #E599FF

triadic

#B299FF #FFB299 #99FFB2

tetradic

#B299FF #FF99B3 #E6FF99 #99FFE5

square

#B299FF #FF99B3 #E6FF99 #99FFE5

split-complementary

#B299FF #FFE599 #B3FF99

monochromatic

#561FFF #845CFF #B299FF #E0D6FF #E8E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B299FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B299FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B299FF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B299FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B299FF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b299ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.145 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7ff',
    500: '#b299ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b299ff;
$custom-light: #cbb7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b299ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74575,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B299FF

secondary

#EFF7D4

accent

#E600AD

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B299FF

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

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