#B99BC9#B99BC9

#B99BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.073 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BC9
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 19.57, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 27.60, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0505 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.073 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2698, 37.9745, 60.3500)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BC9 #ABC99B

analogous

#A29BC9 #B99BC9 #C99BC2

triadic

#B99BC9 #C9B99B #9BC9B9

tetradic

#B99BC9 #C9A29B #ABC99B #9BC2C9

square

#B99BC9 #C9A29B #ABC99B #9BC2C9

split-complementary

#B99BC9 #C2C99B #9BC9A2

monochromatic

#7F5298 #9D73B4 #B99BC9 #D5C3DE #F1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B99BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B99BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BC9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BC9	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#95A4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.073 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8d9',
    500: '#b99bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bc9;
$custom-light: #ceb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BC9

secondary

#DEE6D9

accent

#A93D62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BC9

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

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