#B899CE#B899CE

#B899CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.082 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899CE
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 21.40, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 31.31, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0539 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.082 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2971, 37.4295, 63.3769)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899CE #AFCE99

analogous

#9D99CE #B899CE #CE99C9

triadic

#B899CE #CEB899 #99CEB8

tetradic

#B899CE #CE9D99 #AFCE99 #99C9CE

square

#B899CE #CE9D99 #AFCE99 #99C9CE

split-complementary

#B899CE #C9CE99 #99CE9D

monochromatic

#7D4DA0 #9B70BA #B899CE #D5C2E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B899CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B899CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899CE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899CE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.082 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7dd',
    500: '#b899ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899ce;
$custom-light: #cdb7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899CE

secondary

#E0E9DA

accent

#AE3869

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899CE

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

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