#B994CD#B994CD

#B994CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.090 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B994CD
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 24.30, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 34.19, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0622 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.09 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6151, 35.9025, 62.4834)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B994CD #A8CD94

analogous

#9D94CD #B994CD #CD94C5

triadic

#B994CD #CDB994 #94CDB9

tetradic

#B994CD #CD9D94 #A8CD94 #94C5CD

square

#B994CD #CD9D94 #A8CD94 #94C5CD

split-complementary

#B994CD #C5CD94 #94CD9D

monochromatic

#80499D #9E6ABA #B994CD #D4BEE0 #F0E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B994CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B994CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B994CD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B994CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B994CD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b994cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.090 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb3dc',
    500: '#b994cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b994cd;
$custom-light: #ceb3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b994cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72025,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B994CD

secondary

#DCE7D6

accent

#AF3661

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B994CD

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

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