#B99BC3#B99BC3

#B99BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.066 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC3
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(285, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 18.36, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 24.64, 318.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0486 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.066 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5778, 37.6977, 56.7053)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC3 #A5C39B

analogous

#A59BC3 #B99BC3 #C39BB9

triadic

#B99BC3 #C3B99B #9BC3B9

tetradic

#B99BC3 #C3A59B #A5C39B #9BB9C3

square

#B99BC3 #C3A59B #A5C39B #9BB9C3

split-complementary

#B99BC3 #B9C39B #9BC3A5

monochromatic

#80558E #9E75AC #B99BC3 #D4C1DA #EFE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B99BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B99BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC3	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.066 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d5',
    500: '#b99bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc3;
$custom-light: #ceb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.06579,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC3

secondary

#DAE3D7

accent

#A4425A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC3

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

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