#B99BBC#B99BBC

#B99BBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.058 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BBC
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 16.99, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 21.32, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0463 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.058 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8048, 37.3885, 52.6343)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BBC #9EBC9B

analogous

#A99BBC #B99BBC #BC9BAF

triadic

#B99BBC #BCB99B #9BBCB9

tetradic

#B99BBC #BCA99B #9EBC9B #9BAFBC

square

#B99BBC #BCA99B #9EBC9B #9BAFBC

split-complementary

#B99BBC #AFBC9B #9BBCA9

monochromatic

#805984 #9F76A3 #B99BBC #D3C0D5 #ECE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B99BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B99BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BBC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BBC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.058 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d0',
    500: '#b99bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bbc;
$custom-light: #ceb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.05773,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BBC

secondary

#D5DFD4

accent

#9E474F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BBC

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

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