#B99BBB#B99BBB

#B99BBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.057 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BBB
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 16.79, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 20.86, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0459 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.057 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6974, 37.3456, 52.0686)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BBB #9DBB9B

analogous

#A99BBB #B99BBB #BB9BAD

triadic

#B99BBB #BBB99B #9BBBB9

tetradic

#B99BBB #BBA99B #9DBB9B #9BADBB

square

#B99BBB #BBA99B #9DBB9B #9BADBB

split-complementary

#B99BBB #ADBB9B #9BBBA9

monochromatic

#805983 #A077A2 #B99BBB #D3BFD4 #ECE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B99BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B99BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BBB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BBB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.057 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8cf',
    500: '#b99bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bbb;
$custom-light: #ceb8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.05663,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BBB

secondary

#D4DED4

accent

#9D484D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BBB

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

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