#B993CC#B993CC

#B993CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.091 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B993CC
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 24.65, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 34.35, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0634 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.091 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3387, 35.5420, 61.7976)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B993CC #A6CC93

analogous

#9D93CC #B993CC #CC93C3

triadic

#B993CC #CCB993 #93CCB9

tetradic

#B993CC #CC9D93 #A6CC93 #93C3CC

square

#B993CC #CC9D93 #A6CC93 #93C3CC

split-complementary

#B993CC #C3CC93 #93CC9D

monochromatic

#80499B #9E69B8 #B993CC #D4BDE0 #EFE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B993CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B993CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B993CC

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B993CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B993CC	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)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b993cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.091 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3db',
    500: '#b993cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b993cc;
$custom-light: #ceb3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b993cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B993CC

secondary

#DBE6D5

accent

#AF375F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B993CC

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

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