#B799CF#B799CF

#B799CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.083 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B799CF
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 207)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 21.28, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 31.71, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0531 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.083 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1802, 37.3551, 64.0076)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B799CF #B1CF99

analogous

#9C99CF #B799CF #CF99CC

triadic

#B799CF #CFB799 #99CFB7

tetradic

#B799CF #CF9C99 #B1CF99 #99CCCF

square

#B799CF #CF9C99 #B1CF99 #99CCCF

split-complementary

#B799CF #CCCF99 #99CF9C

monochromatic

#7C4CA2 #9A6FBB #B799CF #D4C3E3 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B799CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B799CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B799CF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B799CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B799CF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b799cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.083 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7dd',
    500: '#b799cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b799cf;
$custom-light: #cdb7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b799cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B799CF

secondary

#E1E9DB

accent

#AF376C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B799CF

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

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