#B993CF#B993CF

#B993CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.095 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B993CF
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 29%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 29%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 25.28, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 35.85, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0643 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.095 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7019, 35.6873, 63.7109)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B993CF #A9CF93

analogous

#9B93CF #B993CF #CF93C7

triadic

#B993CF #CFB993 #93CFB9

tetradic

#B993CF #CF9B93 #A9CF93 #93C7CF

square

#B993CF #CF9B93 #A9CF93 #93C7CF

split-complementary

#B993CF #C7CF93 #93CF9B

monochromatic

#8047A0 #9E69BC #B993CF #D4BDE2 #F0E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B993CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B993CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B993CF

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B993CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B993CF	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b993cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.095 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3dd',
    500: '#b993cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b993cf;
$custom-light: #ceb3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b993cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B993CF

secondary

#DDE8D6

accent

#B13462

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B993CF

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

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