#B899DD#B899DD

#B899DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899DD
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 24.62, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 39.03, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0581 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.102 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2070, 38.1934, 73.4358)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899DD #BEDD99

analogous

#999CDD #B899DD #DA99DD

triadic

#B899DD #DDB899 #99DDB8

tetradic

#B899DD #DD999C #BEDD99 #99DDDA

square

#B899DD #DD999C #BEDD99 #99DDDA

split-complementary

#B899DD #DDDA99 #9CDD99

monochromatic

#783FBD #986BCE #B899DD #D8C7EC #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B899DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B899DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899DD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899DD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7e7',
    500: '#b899dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899dd;
$custom-light: #ceb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.353,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899DD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2879

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899DD

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

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