#B99DEB#B99DEB

#B99DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99DEB
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 25.84, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 43.89, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0571 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.114 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0567, 40.4262, 83.9051)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99DEB #CFEB9D

analogous

#9DA8EB #B99DEB #E09DEB

triadic

#B99DEB #EBB99D #9DEBB9

tetradic

#B99DEB #EB9DA8 #CFEB9D #9DEBE0

square

#B99DEB #EB9DA8 #CFEB9D #9DEBE0

split-complementary

#B99DEB #EBE09D #A8EB9D

monochromatic

#7037D6 #956AE1 #B99DEB #DDD0F5 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B99DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B99DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99DEB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99DEB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbaf1',
    500: '#b99deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99deb;
$custom-light: #cfbaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74956,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99DEB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CE188C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99DEB

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

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