#B899CB#B899CB

#B899CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.079 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899CB
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 20.77, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 29.79, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.053 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.079 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9361, 37.2851, 61.4759)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899CB #ACCB99

analogous

#9F99CB #B899CB #CB99C5

triadic

#B899CB #CBB899 #99CBB8

tetradic

#B899CB #CB9F99 #ACCB99 #99C5CB

square

#B899CB #CB9F99 #ACCB99 #99C5CB

split-complementary

#B899CB #C5CB99 #99CB9F

monochromatic

#7E4F9B #9C70B6 #B899CB #D4C2E0 #F0EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B899CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B899CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899CB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899CB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.079 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7db',
    500: '#b899cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899cb;
$custom-light: #cdb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.07862,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899CB

secondary

#DEE7D9

accent

#AB3A65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899CB

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

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