#B99ECD#B99ECD

#B99ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.073 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99ECD
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 18.73, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 27.65, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0473 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.073 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2520, 39.1762, 63.0290)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99ECD #B2CD9E

analogous

#A19ECD #B99ECD #CD9EC9

triadic

#B99ECD #CDB99E #9ECDB9

tetradic

#B99ECD #CDA19E #B2CD9E #9EC9CD

square

#B99ECD #CDA19E #B2CD9E #9EC9CD

split-complementary

#B99ECD #C9CD9E #9ECDA1

monochromatic

#7E529F #9C76B8 #B99ECD #D6C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B99ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B99ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99ECD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99ECD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.073 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebadc',
    500: '#b99ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ecd;
$custom-light: #cebadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99ECD

secondary

#E2EADD

accent

#AB3B6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99ECD

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

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