#B899DC#B899DC

#B899DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899DC
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 24.40, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 38.51, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0578 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.1 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0741, 38.1403, 72.7362)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899DC #BDDC99

analogous

#999BDC #B899DC #D999DC

triadic

#B899DC #DCB899 #99DCB8

tetradic

#B899DC #DC999B #BDDC99 #99DCD9

square

#B899DC #DC999B #BDDC99 #99DCD9

split-complementary

#B899DC #DCD999 #9BDC99

monochromatic

#7940BB #986BCC #B899DC #D8C7EC #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B899DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B899DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899DC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899DC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7e7',
    500: '#b899dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899dc;
$custom-light: #ceb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.761,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899DC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2978

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899DC

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

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