#B995CD#B995CD

#B995CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.089 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B995CD
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 23.75, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 33.54, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0607 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.089 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7727, 36.2175, 62.5359)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B995CD #A9CD95

analogous

#9D95CD #B995CD #CD95C5

triadic

#B995CD #CDB995 #95CDB9

tetradic

#B995CD #CD9D95 #A9CD95 #95C5CD

square

#B995CD #CD9D95 #A9CD95 #95C5CD

split-complementary

#B995CD #C5CD95 #95CD9D

monochromatic

#804A9D #9E6BB9 #B995CD #D4BFE1 #F0E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B995CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B995CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B995CD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B995CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B995CD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b995cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.089 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb4dc',
    500: '#b995cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b995cd;
$custom-light: #ceb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b995cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B995CD

secondary

#DDE7D7

accent

#AF3762

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B995CD

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

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