#B99BC6#B99BC6

#B99BC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.069 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC6
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(282, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 18.96, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 26.11, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0496 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.069 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9204, 37.8348, 58.5096)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC6 #A8C69B

analogous

#A49BC6 #B99BC6 #C69BBE

triadic

#B99BC6 #C6B99B #9BC6B9

tetradic

#B99BC6 #C6A49B #A8C69B #9BBEC6

square

#B99BC6 #C6A49B #A8C69B #9BBEC6

split-complementary

#B99BC6 #BEC69B #9BC6A4

monochromatic

#805493 #9E74B0 #B99BC6 #D4C2DC #F0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B99BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B99BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC6

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC6	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.069 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d7',
    500: '#b99bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc6;
$custom-light: #ceb8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 27.389,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.06939,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC6

secondary

#DCE5D8

accent

#A6405E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC6

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

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