#B99BC8#B99BC8

#B99BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.072 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC8
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 19.37, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 27.10, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0502 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.072 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1526, 37.9276, 59.7325)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC8 #AAC89B

analogous

#A39BC8 #B99BC8 #C89BC1

triadic

#B99BC8 #C8B99B #9BC8B9

tetradic

#B99BC8 #C8A39B #AAC89B #9BC1C8

square

#B99BC8 #C8A39B #AAC89B #9BC1C8

split-complementary

#B99BC8 #C1C89B #9BC8A3

monochromatic

#805396 #9D74B2 #B99BC8 #D5C2DE #F0EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B99BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B99BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC8	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.072 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d8',
    500: '#b99bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc8;
$custom-light: #ceb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.07183,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC8

secondary

#DDE6D9

accent

#A83E61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC8

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

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