#B99ECB#B99ECB

#B99ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.070 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99ECB
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(276, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 18.32, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 26.64, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0467 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.07 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0121, 39.0802, 61.7657)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99ECB #B0CB9E

analogous

#A29ECB #B99ECB #CB9EC6

triadic

#B99ECB #CBB99E #9ECBB9

tetradic

#B99ECB #CBA29E #B0CB9E #9EC6CB

square

#B99ECB #CBA29E #B0CB9E #9EC6CB

split-complementary

#B99ECB #C6CB9E #9ECBA2

monochromatic

#7F539B #9C76B6 #B99ECB #D6C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B99ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B99ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99ECB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99ECB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.070 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebadb',
    500: '#b99ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ecb;
$custom-light: #cebadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99ECB

secondary

#E1E8DC

accent

#A93D68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99ECB

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

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