#B99BBF#B99BBF

#B99BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.061 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BBF
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 17.57, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 22.72, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0473 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.061 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1316, 37.5192, 54.3553)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BBF #A1BF9B

analogous

#A79BBF #B99BBF #BF9BB3

triadic

#B99BBF #BFB99B #9BBFB9

tetradic

#B99BBF #BFA79B #A1BF9B #9BB3BF

square

#B99BBF #BFA79B #A1BF9B #9BB3BF

split-complementary

#B99BBF #B3BF9B #9BBFA7

monochromatic

#805788 #9F76A7 #B99BBF #D3C0D7 #EDE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B99BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B99BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BBF

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BBF	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.061 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d2',
    500: '#b99bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bbf;
$custom-light: #ceb8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.06112,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BBF

secondary

#D7E0D5

accent

#A04554

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BBF

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

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