#B993DC#B993DC

#B993DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B993DC
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 28.06, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 42.45, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0677 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.111 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3571, 36.3494, 72.4283)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B993DC #B6DC93

analogous

#9593DC #B993DC #DC93DB

triadic

#B993DC #DCB993 #93DCB9

tetradic

#B993DC #DC9593 #B6DC93 #93DBDC

square

#B993DC #DC9593 #B6DC93 #93DBDC

split-complementary

#B993DC #DBDC93 #93DC95

monochromatic

#7D3CB9 #9B65CD #B993DC #D7C1EB #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B993DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B993DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B993DC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B993DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B993DC	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b993dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb3e7',
    500: '#b993dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b993dc;
$custom-light: #cfb3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b993dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72476,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B993DC

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE2770

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B993DC

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

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