#B990DF#B990DF

#B990DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B990DF
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 223)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 35.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 30.39, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 45.91, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0728 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.12 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2976, 35.5889, 74.3861)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B990DF #B6DF90

analogous

#9290DF #B990DF #DF90DE

triadic

#B990DF #DFB990 #90DFB9

tetradic

#B990DF #DF9290 #B6DF90 #90DEDF

square

#B990DF #DF9290 #B6DF90 #90DEDF

split-complementary

#B990DF #DEDF90 #90DF92

monochromatic

#7D37BE #9B60D1 #B990DF #D7C0ED #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B990DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B990DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B990DF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B990DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B990DF	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b990df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb1e9',
    500: '#b990df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b990df;
$custom-light: #cfb1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b990df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 55.245,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72074,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B990DF

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C32370

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FD

border

#D2CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B990DF

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

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