#B99BC2#B99BC2

#B99BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.065 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC2
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(286, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 18.16, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 24.16, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0483 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.065 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4651, 37.6526, 56.1118)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC2 #A4C29B

analogous

#A59BC2 #B99BC2 #C29BB7

triadic

#B99BC2 #C2B99B #9BC2B9

tetradic

#B99BC2 #C2A59B #A4C29B #9BB7C2

square

#B99BC2 #C2A59B #A4C29B #9BB7C2

split-complementary

#B99BC2 #B7C29B #9BC2A5

monochromatic

#80568D #9E75AB #B99BC2 #D4C1D9 #EEE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B99BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B99BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC2	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.065 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d4',
    500: '#b99bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc2;
$custom-light: #ceb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.06461,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC2

secondary

#D9E2D7

accent

#A34359

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC2

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

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