#B899DB#B899DB

#B899DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899DB
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 24.18, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 37.99, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0576 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.099 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9421, 38.0875, 72.0408)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899DB #BCDB99

analogous

#999BDB #B899DB #D999DB

triadic

#B899DB #DBB899 #99DBB8

tetradic

#B899DB #DB999B #BCDB99 #99DBD9

square

#B899DB #DB999B #BCDB99 #99DBD9

split-complementary

#B899DB #DBD999 #9BDB99

monochromatic

#7941B8 #996CCB #B899DB #D7C6EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B899DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B899DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899DB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899DB	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7e6',
    500: '#b899db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899db;
$custom-light: #ceb7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899DB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899DB

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

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