#B990DC#B990DC

#B990DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B990DC
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 29.73, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 44.38, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0721 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.116 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8967, 35.4285, 72.2748)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B990DC #B3DC90

analogous

#9390DC #B990DC #DC90D9

triadic

#B990DC #DCB990 #90DCB9

tetradic

#B990DC #DC9390 #B3DC90 #90D9DC

square

#B990DC #DC9390 #B3DC90 #90D9DC

split-complementary

#B990DC #D9DC90 #90DC93

monochromatic

#7E3AB8 #9C61CD #B990DC #D6BFEB #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B990DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B990DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B990DC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B990DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B990DC	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b990dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb1e7',
    500: '#b990dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b990dc;
$custom-light: #cfb1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b990dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B990DC

secondary

#E3EEDA

accent

#BF266D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B990DC

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

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