#B999CD#B999CD

#B999CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.082 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B999CD
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 21.51, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 30.92, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0548 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.082 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4164, 37.5050, 62.7505)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B999CD #ADCD99

analogous

#9F99CD #B999CD #CD99C7

triadic

#B999CD #CDB999 #99CDB9

tetradic

#B999CD #CD9F99 #ADCD99 #99C7CD

square

#B999CD #CD9F99 #ADCD99 #99C7CD

split-complementary

#B999CD #C7CD99 #99CD9F

monochromatic

#7F4D9E #9D70B9 #B999CD #D5C2E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B999CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B999CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B999CD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B999CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B999CD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b999cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.082 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7dc',
    500: '#b999cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b999cd;
$custom-light: #ceb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b999cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B999CD

secondary

#DFE8DA

accent

#AD3865

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B999CD

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

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