#B499CD#B499CD

#B499CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.080 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B499CD
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 19.89, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 30.37, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.049 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.08 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2311, 36.8938, 62.6949)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B499CD #B2CD99

analogous

#9A99CD #B499CD #CD99CC

triadic

#B499CD #CDB499 #99CDB4

tetradic

#B499CD #CD9A99 #B2CD99 #99CCCD

square

#B499CD #CD9A99 #B2CD99 #99CCCD

split-complementary

#B499CD #CCCD99 #99CD9A

monochromatic

#774D9E #9670B9 #B499CD #D2C2E1 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B499CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B499CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B499CD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B499CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B499CD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b499cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.080 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7dc',
    500: '#b499cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b499cd;
$custom-light: #cbb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b499cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B499CD

secondary

#E1E8DA

accent

#AD3871

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B499CD

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

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