#B99BC4#B99BC4

#B99BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.067 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC4
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(284, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 18.56, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 25.13, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0489 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.067 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6912, 37.7431, 57.3027)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC4 #A6C49B

analogous

#A59BC4 #B99BC4 #C49BBB

triadic

#B99BC4 #C4B99B #9BC4B9

tetradic

#B99BC4 #C4A59B #A6C49B #9BBBC4

square

#B99BC4 #C4A59B #A6C49B #9BBBC4

split-complementary

#B99BC4 #BBC49B #9BC4A5

monochromatic

#805590 #9E75AD #B99BC4 #D4C1DB #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B99BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B99BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.067 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d6',
    500: '#b99bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc4;
$custom-light: #ceb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.902,
    "s": 25.786,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.06699,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC4

secondary

#DBE3D7

accent

#A4415C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC4

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

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