#B899CA#B899CA

#B899CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.077 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899CA
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 20.57, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 29.29, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0527 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.077 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8173, 37.2376, 60.8503)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899CA #ABCA99

analogous

#A099CA #B899CA #CA99C4

triadic

#B899CA #CAB899 #99CAB8

tetradic

#B899CA #CAA099 #ABCA99 #99C4CA

square

#B899CA #CAA099 #ABCA99 #99C4CA

split-complementary

#B899CA #C4CA99 #99CAA0

monochromatic

#7E5099 #9C71B5 #B899CA #D4C1DF #F0EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B899CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B899CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899CA

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899CA	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#92A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.077 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7da',
    500: '#b899ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899ca;
$custom-light: #cdb7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899CA

secondary

#DEE6D8

accent

#AA3B64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899CA

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

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