#B99BC5#B99BC5

#B99BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.068 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC5
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(283, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 18.76, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 25.62, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0493 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.068 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8054, 37.7888, 57.9042)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC5 #A7C59B

analogous

#A49BC5 #B99BC5 #C59BBC

triadic

#B99BC5 #C5B99B #9BC5B9

tetradic

#B99BC5 #C5A49B #A7C59B #9BBCC5

square

#B99BC5 #C5A49B #A7C59B #9BBCC5

split-complementary

#B99BC5 #BCC59B #9BC5A4

monochromatic

#805491 #9E74AF #B99BC5 #D4C2DB #EFE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B99BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B99BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC5	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.068 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d6',
    500: '#b99bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc5;
$custom-light: #ceb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73022,
    "c": 0.06819,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC5

secondary

#DBE4D8

accent

#A5405D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC5

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

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