#B99BCA#B99BCA

#B99BCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.074 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BCA
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 19.78, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 28.10, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0508 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.074 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3879, 38.0217, 60.9716)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BCA #ACCA9B

analogous

#A29BCA #B99BCA #CA9BC3

triadic

#B99BCA #CAB99B #9BCAB9

tetradic

#B99BCA #CAA29B #ACCA9B #9BC3CA

square

#B99BCA #CAA29B #ACCA9B #9BC3CA

split-complementary

#B99BCA #C3CA9B #9BCAA2

monochromatic

#7F5199 #9D73B5 #B99BCA #D5C3DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B99BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B99BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BCA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BCA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.074 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8da',
    500: '#b99bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bca;
$custom-light: #ceb8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73212,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BCA

secondary

#DFE7DA

accent

#A93C64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BCA

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

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