#B599CB#B599CB

#B599CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B599CB
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 19.79, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 29.44, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0496 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.077 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2249, 36.9184, 61.4425)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B599CB #AFCB99

analogous

#9C99CB #B599CB #CB99C8

triadic

#B599CB #CBB599 #99CBB5

tetradic

#B599CB #CB9C99 #AFCB99 #99C8CB

square

#B599CB #CB9C99 #AFCB99 #99C8CB

split-complementary

#B599CB #C8CB99 #99CB9C

monochromatic

#794F9B #9870B6 #B599CB #D2C2E0 #F0EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B599CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B599CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B599CB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B599CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B599CB	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b599cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7db',
    500: '#b599cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b599cb;
$custom-light: #cbb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b599cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B599CB

secondary

#DFE7D9

accent

#AB3A6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B599CB

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

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