#B899EB#B899EB

#B899EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899EB
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 27.77, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 46.35, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0616 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.12 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1505, 38.9709, 83.6719)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899EB #CCEB99

analogous

#99A3EB #B899EB #E199EB

triadic

#B899EB #EBB899 #99EBB8

tetradic

#B899EB #EB99A3 #CCEB99 #99EBE1

square

#B899EB #EB99A3 #CCEB99 #99EBE1

split-complementary

#B899EB #EBE199 #A3EB99

monochromatic

#7133D7 #9466E1 #B899EB #DCCCF5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B899EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B899EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899EB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899EB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7f1',
    500: '#b899eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899eb;
$custom-light: #ceb7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.683,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74139,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899EB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1689

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899EB

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

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