#B993DB#B993DB

#B993DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B993DB
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 27.84, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 41.94, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0675 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.11 308)
XYZ	xyz(43.2251, 36.2966, 71.7329)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B993DB #B5DB93

analogous

#9593DB #B993DB #DB93D9

triadic

#B993DB #DBB993 #93DBB9

tetradic

#B993DB #DB9593 #B5DB93 #93D9DB

square

#B993DB #DB9593 #B5DB93 #93D9DB

split-complementary

#B993DB #D9DB93 #93DB95

monochromatic

#7D3DB7 #9B65CC #B993DB #D7C1EA #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B993DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B993DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B993DB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B993DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B993DB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b993db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb3e6',
    500: '#b993db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b993db;
$custom-light: #cfb3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b993db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72433,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.36296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B993DB

secondary

#E4EEDC

accent

#BD286F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B993DB

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

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