#B990CD#B990CD

#B990CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B990CD
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 26.53, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 36.81, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0682 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.098 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9985, 34.6693, 62.2778)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B990CD #A4CD90

analogous

#9A90CD #B990CD #CD90C2

triadic

#B990CD #CDB990 #90CDB9

tetradic

#B990CD #CD9A90 #A4CD90 #90C2CD

square

#B990CD #CD9A90 #A4CD90 #90C2CD

split-complementary

#B990CD #C2CD90 #90CD9A

monochromatic

#80469C #9E66BA #B990CD #D4BAE0 #EEE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B990CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B990CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B990CD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B990CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B990CD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B897A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b990cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb1dc',
    500: '#b990cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b990cd;
$custom-light: #ceb1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b990cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.328,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B990CD

secondary

#D9E6D3

accent

#B1355D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B990CD

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

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