#B99BCB#B99BCB

#B99BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.076 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BCB
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 19.99, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 28.60, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0512 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.076 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5066, 38.0693, 61.5972)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BCB #ADCB9B

analogous

#A19BCB #B99BCB #CB9BC5

triadic

#B99BCB #CBB99B #9BCBB9

tetradic

#B99BCB #CBA19B #ADCB9B #9BC5CB

square

#B99BCB #CBA19B #ADCB9B #9BC5CB

split-complementary

#B99BCB #C5CB9B #9BCBA1

monochromatic

#7F519B #9D73B6 #B99BCB #D5C3E0 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B99BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B99BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BCB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BCB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.076 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8db',
    500: '#b99bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bcb;
$custom-light: #ceb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7325,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BCB

secondary

#DFE8DA

accent

#AA3B65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BCB

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

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