#B899BE#B899BE

#B899BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.063 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899BE
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(290, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(290, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 18.15, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 23.41, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0489 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.063 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4514, 36.6912, 53.6564)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899BE #9FBE99

analogous

#A699BE #B899BE #BE99B2

triadic

#B899BE #BEB899 #99BEB8

tetradic

#B899BE #BEA699 #9FBE99 #99B2BE

square

#B899BE #BEA699 #9FBE99 #99B2BE

split-complementary

#B899BE #B2BE99 #99BEA6

monochromatic

#7F5687 #9E74A6 #B899BE #D2BED6 #ECE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B899BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B899BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899BE

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899BE	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.063 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7d1',
    500: '#b899be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899be;
$custom-light: #cdb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.06302,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899BE

secondary

#D5DFD4

accent

#A14554

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899BE

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

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