#B99BC7#B99BC7

#B99BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.071 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC7
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(281, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 19.17, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 26.60, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0499 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.071 315)
XYZ	xyz(42.0361, 37.8810, 59.1191)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC7 #A9C79B

analogous

#A39BC7 #B99BC7 #C79BBF

triadic

#B99BC7 #C7B99B #9BC7B9

tetradic

#B99BC7 #C7A39B #A9C79B #9BBFC7

square

#B99BC7 #C7A39B #A9C79B #9BBFC7

split-complementary

#B99BC7 #BFC79B #9BC7A3

monochromatic

#805394 #9E74B1 #B99BC7 #D4C2DD #F0E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B99BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B99BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC7

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC7	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.071 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d8',
    500: '#b99bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc7;
$custom-light: #ceb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.0706,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.3788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC7

secondary

#DDE5D9

accent

#A73F60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC7

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

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