#B99BBD#B99BBD

#B99BBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.059 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BBD
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 17.18, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 21.78, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0466 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.059 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9130, 37.4318, 53.2040)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BBD #9FBD9B

analogous

#A89BBD #B99BBD #BD9BB0

triadic

#B99BBD #BDB99B #9BBDB9

tetradic

#B99BBD #BDA89B #9FBD9B #9BB0BD

square

#B99BBD #BDA89B #9FBD9B #9BB0BD

split-complementary

#B99BBD #B0BD9B #9BBDA8

monochromatic

#805885 #9F76A5 #B99BBD #D3C0D5 #EDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B99BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B99BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BBD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BBD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.059 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d0',
    500: '#b99bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bbd;
$custom-light: #ceb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.05885,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BBD

secondary

#D6DFD5

accent

#9F4751

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BBD

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

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