#B599FF#B599FF

#B599FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.146 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B599FF
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 31.66, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 56.74, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0622 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.146 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4929, 39.8256, 99.7206)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B599FF #E3FF99

analogous

#99B0FF #B599FF #E899FF

triadic

#B599FF #FFB599 #99FFB5

tetradic

#B599FF #FF99B0 #E3FF99 #99FFE8

square

#B599FF #FF99B0 #E3FF99 #99FFE8

split-complementary

#B599FF #FFE899 #B0FF99

monochromatic

#5C1FFF #895CFF #B599FF #E1D6FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B599FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B599FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B599FF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B599FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B599FF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ABC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b599ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.146 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7ff',
    500: '#b599ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b599ff;
$custom-light: #cdb7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b599ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B599FF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B599FF

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

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