#B899CD#B899CD

#B899CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.081 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899CD
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 21.19, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 30.80, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0536 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.081 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1760, 37.3810, 62.7392)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899CD #AECD99

analogous

#9E99CD #B899CD #CD99C8

triadic

#B899CD #CDB899 #99CDB8

tetradic

#B899CD #CD9E99 #AECD99 #99C8CD

square

#B899CD #CD9E99 #AECD99 #99C8CD

split-complementary

#B899CD #C8CD99 #99CD9E

monochromatic

#7E4D9E #9B70B9 #B899CD #D5C2E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B899CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B899CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899CD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899CD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.081 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7dc',
    500: '#b899cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899cd;
$custom-light: #cdb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7286,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899CD

secondary

#E0E8DA

accent

#AD3868

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899CD

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

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