#B99ADA#B99ADA

#B99ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99ADA
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 23.72, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 36.92, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.057 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.096 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2157, 38.4877, 71.4156)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99ADA #BBDA9A

analogous

#9A9BDA #B99ADA #D99ADA

triadic

#B99ADA #DAB99A #9ADAB9

tetradic

#B99ADA #DA9A9B #BBDA9A #9ADAD9

square

#B99ADA #DA9A9B #BBDA9A #9ADAD9

split-complementary

#B99ADA #DAD99A #9BDA9A

monochromatic

#7B43B7 #9A6DCA #B99ADA #D8C7EA #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B99ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B99ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99ADA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99ADA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8e5',
    500: '#b99ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ada;
$custom-light: #ceb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73668,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99ADA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2C75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99ADA

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

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