#B99CED#B99CED

#B99CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CED
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 26.86, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 45.57, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.059 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.118 300)
XYZ	xyz(47.1788, 40.2055, 85.3793)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CED #D0ED9C

analogous

#9CA8ED #B99CED #E19CED

triadic

#B99CED #EDB99C #9CEDB9

tetradic

#B99CED #ED9CA8 #D0ED9C #9CEDE1

square

#B99CED #ED9CA8 #D0ED9C #9CEDE1

split-complementary

#B99CED #EDE19C #A8ED9C

monochromatic

#7034DA #9468E4 #B99CED #DED0F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B99CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B99CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CED

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CED	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9f3',
    500: '#b99ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ced;
$custom-light: #cfb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.481,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74863,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.40206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CED

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D1148E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CED

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

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