#B994CC#B994CC

#B994CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.089 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B994CC
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 24.10, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 33.70, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0619 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.089 314)
XYZ	xyz(41.4948, 35.8543, 61.8497)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B994CC #A7CC94

analogous

#9D94CC #B994CC #CC94C3

triadic

#B994CC #CCB994 #94CCB9

tetradic

#B994CC #CC9D94 #A7CC94 #94C3CC

square

#B994CC #CC9D94 #A7CC94 #94C3CC

split-complementary

#B994CC #C3CC94 #94CC9D

monochromatic

#804A9B #9E6BB8 #B994CC #D4BDE0 #EFE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B994CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B994CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B994CC

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B994CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B994CC	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b994cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.089 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3db',
    500: '#b994cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b994cc;
$custom-light: #ceb3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b994cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 35.443,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71985,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B994CC

secondary

#DBE6D6

accent

#AE3760

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B994CC

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

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