#B899CF#B899CF

#B899CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.084 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899CF
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 21.61, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 31.82, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0542 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.084 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4189, 37.4782, 64.0187)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899CF #B0CF99

analogous

#9D99CF #B899CF #CF99CB

triadic

#B899CF #CFB899 #99CFB8

tetradic

#B899CF #CF9D99 #B0CF99 #99CBCF

square

#B899CF #CF9D99 #B0CF99 #99CBCF

split-complementary

#B899CF #CBCF99 #99CF9D

monochromatic

#7D4CA2 #9B6FBB #B899CF #D5C3E3 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B899CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B899CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899CF

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899CF	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.084 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7dd',
    500: '#b899cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899cf;
$custom-light: #cdb7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.444,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899CF

secondary

#E1E9DB

accent

#AF376A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899CF

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

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