#B799CB#B799CB

#B799CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B799CB
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(276, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 20.45, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 29.67, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0519 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.078 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6973, 37.1620, 61.4647)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B799CB #ADCB99

analogous

#9E99CB #B799CB #CB99C6

triadic

#B799CB #CBB799 #99CBB7

tetradic

#B799CB #CB9E99 #ADCB99 #99C6CB

square

#B799CB #CB9E99 #ADCB99 #99C6CB

split-complementary

#B799CB #C6CB99 #99CB9E

monochromatic

#7C4F9B #9A70B6 #B799CB #D4C2E0 #F0EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B799CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B799CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B799CB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B799CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B799CB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b799cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7db',
    500: '#b799cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b799cb;
$custom-light: #cdb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b799cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.07818,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B799CB

secondary

#DEE7D9

accent

#AB3A67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B799CB

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

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