#B99ABE#B99ABE

#B99ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.062 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99ABE
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(292, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 17.93, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 22.92, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0485 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.062 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8562, 37.1439, 53.7224)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99ABE #9FBE9A

analogous

#A79ABE #B99ABE #BE9AB1

triadic

#B99ABE #BEB99A #9ABEB9

tetradic

#B99ABE #BEA79A #9FBE9A #9AB1BE

square

#B99ABE #BEA79A #9FBE9A #9AB1BE

split-complementary

#B99ABE #B1BE9A #9ABEA7

monochromatic

#805787 #9F75A6 #B99ABE #D3BFD6 #EDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B99ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B99ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99ABE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99ABE	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.062 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d1',
    500: '#b99abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99abe;
$custom-light: #ceb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99ABE

secondary

#D6E0D4

accent

#A04552

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99ABE

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

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