#B99AEB#B99AEB

#B99AEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99AEB
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 27.51, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 45.78, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0613 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.118 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5554, 39.4236, 83.7380)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99AEB #CCEB9A

analogous

#9AA4EB #B99AEB #E29AEB

triadic

#B99AEB #EBB99A #9AEBB9

tetradic

#B99AEB #EB9AA4 #CCEB9A #9AEBE2

square

#B99AEB #EB9AA4 #CCEB9A #9AEBE2

split-complementary

#B99AEB #EBE29A #A4EB9A

monochromatic

#7234D7 #9667E1 #B99AEB #DCCDF5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B99AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B99AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99AEB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99AEB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8f1',
    500: '#b99aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99aeb;
$custom-light: #cfb8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99AEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1788

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99AEB

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

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