#B899CC#B899CC

#B899CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.080 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899CC
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 20.98, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 30.29, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0533 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.08 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0556, 37.3329, 62.1055)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899CC #ADCC99

analogous

#9F99CC #B899CC #CC99C6

triadic

#B899CC #CCB899 #99CCB8

tetradic

#B899CC #CC9F99 #ADCC99 #99C6CC

square

#B899CC #CC9F99 #ADCC99 #99C6CC

split-complementary

#B899CC #C6CC99 #99CC9F

monochromatic

#7E4E9C #9C70B8 #B899CC #D4C2E0 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B899CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B899CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899CC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899CC	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)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.080 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7db',
    500: '#b899cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899cc;
$custom-light: #cdb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899CC

secondary

#DFE8D9

accent

#AC3966

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899CC

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

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