#B995CE#B995CE

#B995CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.090 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B995CE
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 23.95, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 34.04, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.061 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.09 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8938, 36.2660, 63.1736)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B995CE #AACE95

analogous

#9D95CE #B995CE #CE95C6

triadic

#B995CE #CEB995 #95CEB9

tetradic

#B995CE #CE9D95 #AACE95 #95C6CE

square

#B995CE #CE9D95 #AACE95 #95C6CE

split-complementary

#B995CE #C6CE95 #95CE9D

monochromatic

#804A9F #9D6BBB #B995CE #D5BFE1 #F0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B995CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B995CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B995CE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B995CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B995CE	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b995ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.090 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb4dd',
    500: '#b995ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b995ce;
$custom-light: #ceb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b995ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 36.774,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.08986,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B995CE

secondary

#DDE8D7

accent

#B03663

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B995CE

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

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