#B990DE#B990DE

#B990DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B990DE
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 222)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 30.17, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 45.40, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0725 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.118 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1632, 35.5351, 73.6782)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B990DE #B5DE90

analogous

#9290DE #B990DE #DE90DC

triadic

#B990DE #DEB990 #90DEB9

tetradic

#B990DE #DE9290 #B5DE90 #90DCDE

square

#B990DE #DE9290 #B5DE90 #90DCDE

split-complementary

#B990DE #DCDE90 #90DE92

monochromatic

#7D38BC #9B61D0 #B990DE #D7BFEC #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B990DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B990DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B990DE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B990DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B990DE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b990de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb1e8',
    500: '#b990de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b990de;
$custom-light: #cfb1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b990de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B990DE

secondary

#E4EFDB

accent

#C2246F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B990DE

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

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