#B899EF#B899EF

#B899EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B899EF
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 28.70, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 48.45, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0625 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.125 300)
XYZ	xyz(46.7349, 39.2046, 86.7497)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B899EF #D0EF99

analogous

#99A5EF #B899EF #E399EF

triadic

#B899EF #EFB899 #99EFB8

tetradic

#B899EF #EF99A5 #D0EF99 #99EFE3

square

#B899EF #EF99A5 #D0EF99 #99EFE3

split-complementary

#B899EF #EFE399 #A5EF99

monochromatic

#6E2FDE #9364E7 #B899EF #DDCEF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B899EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B899EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B899EF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B899EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B899EF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b899ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7f4',
    500: '#b899ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b899ef;
$custom-light: #ceb7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b899ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.39205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B899EF

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D5118E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B899EF

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

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