#B799CD#B799CD

#B799CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.081 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B799CD
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 20.86, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 30.69, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0525 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.081 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9372, 37.2579, 62.7280)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B799CD #AFCD99

analogous

#9D99CD #B799CD #CD99C9

triadic

#B799CD #CDB799 #99CDB7

tetradic

#B799CD #CD9D99 #AFCD99 #99C9CD

square

#B799CD #CD9D99 #AFCD99 #99C9CD

split-complementary

#B799CD #C9CD99 #99CD9D

monochromatic

#7C4D9E #9A70B9 #B799CD #D4C2E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B799CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B799CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B799CD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B799CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B799CD	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b799cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.081 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7dc',
    500: '#b799cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b799cd;
$custom-light: #cdb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b799cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B799CD

secondary

#E0E8DA

accent

#AD386A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B799CD

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

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