#B599CD#B599CD

#B599CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.080 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B599CD
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 20.21, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 30.47, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0502 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.08 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4648, 37.0143, 62.7058)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B599CD #B1CD99

analogous

#9B99CD #B599CD #CD99CB

triadic

#B599CD #CDB599 #99CDB5

tetradic

#B599CD #CD9B99 #B1CD99 #99CBCD

square

#B599CD #CD9B99 #B1CD99 #99CBCD

split-complementary

#B599CD #CBCD99 #99CD9B

monochromatic

#794D9E #9770B9 #B599CD #D3C2E1 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B599CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B599CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B599CD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B599CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B599CD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b599cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.080 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7dc',
    500: '#b599cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b599cd;
$custom-light: #cbb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b599cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B599CD

secondary

#E0E8DA

accent

#AD386E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B599CD

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

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