#B993CD#B993CD

#B993CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B993CD
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 37%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 28.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 24.86, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 34.85, 315.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0637 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.092 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4590, 35.5901, 62.4313)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B993CD #A7CD93

analogous

#9C93CD #B993CD #CD93C4

triadic

#B993CD #CDB993 #93CDB9

tetradic

#B993CD #CD9C93 #A7CD93 #93C4CD

square

#B993CD #CD9C93 #A7CD93 #93C4CD

split-complementary

#B993CD #C4CD93 #93CD9C

monochromatic

#80499D #9E69BA #B993CD #D4BDE0 #EFE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B993CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B993CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B993CD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B993CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B993CD	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)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b993cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3dc',
    500: '#b993cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b993cd;
$custom-light: #ceb3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b993cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B993CD

secondary

#DBE6D5

accent

#B03660

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B993CD

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

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