#B99BC1#B99BC1

#B99BC1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.063 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC1
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 193)
HSL	hsl(287, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(287, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 17.96, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 23.68, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0479 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.063 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3532, 37.6079, 55.5223)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC1 #A3C19B

analogous

#A69BC1 #B99BC1 #C19BB6

triadic

#B99BC1 #C1B99B #9BC1B9

tetradic

#B99BC1 #C1A69B #A3C19B #9BB6C1

square

#B99BC1 #C1A69B #A3C19B #9BB6C1

split-complementary

#B99BC1 #B6C19B #9BC1A6

monochromatic

#80568B #9F75AA #B99BC1 #D3C1D8 #EEE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B99BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B99BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC1

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC1	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.063 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d3',
    500: '#b99bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc1;
$custom-light: #ceb8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 23.457,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.06344,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC1

secondary

#D9E2D6

accent

#A24457

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC1

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

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