#B799DB#B799DB

#B799DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B799DB
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 23.87, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 37.91, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0564 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.099 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7033, 37.9644, 72.0296)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B799DB #BDDB99

analogous

#999CDB #B799DB #D899DB

triadic

#B799DB #DBB799 #99DBB7

tetradic

#B799DB #DB999C #BDDB99 #99DBD8

square

#B799DB #DB999C #BDDB99 #99DBD8

split-complementary

#B799DB #DBD899 #9CDB99

monochromatic

#7741B8 #976CCB #B799DB #D7C6EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B799DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B799DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B799DB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B799DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B799DB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b799db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7e6',
    500: '#b799db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b799db;
$custom-light: #cdb7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b799db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B799DB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B799DB

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

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