#B899EE#B899EE

#B899EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899EE
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 28.47, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 47.92, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0622 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.124 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5876, 39.1457, 85.9738)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899EE #CFEE99

analogous

#99A5EE #B899EE #E399EE

triadic

#B899EE #EEB899 #99EEB8

tetradic

#B899EE #EE99A5 #CFEE99 #99EEE3

square

#B899EE #EE99A5 #CFEE99 #99EEE3

split-complementary

#B899EE #EEE399 #A5EE99

monochromatic

#6F30DD #9365E5 #B899EE #DDCDF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B899EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B899EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899EE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899EE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7f4',
    500: '#b899ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899ee;
$custom-light: #ceb7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.882,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3128D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899EE

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

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