#B99BC0#B99BC0

#B99BC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.062 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC0
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 192)
HSL	hsl(289, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(289, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 17.77, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 23.20, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0476 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.062 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2420, 37.5634, 54.9368)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC0 #A2C09B

analogous

#A69BC0 #B99BC0 #C09BB4

triadic

#B99BC0 #C0B99B #9BC0B9

tetradic

#B99BC0 #C0A69B #A2C09B #9BB4C0

square

#B99BC0 #C0A69B #A2C09B #9BB4C0

split-complementary

#B99BC0 #B4C09B #9BC0A6

monochromatic

#80578A #9F75A8 #B99BC0 #D3C1D8 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B99BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B99BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC0

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC0	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.062 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d3',
    500: '#b99bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc0;
$custom-light: #ceb8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 22.699,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72838,
    "c": 0.06227,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC0

secondary

#D8E1D6

accent

#A14456

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC0

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

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