#B99BCD#B99BCD

#B99BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.078 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BCD
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 20.40, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 29.61, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0518 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.078 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7465, 38.1652, 62.8605)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BCD #AFCD9B

analogous

#A09BCD #B99BCD #CD9BC8

triadic

#B99BCD #CDB99B #9BCDB9

tetradic

#B99BCD #CDA09B #AFCD9B #9BC8CD

square

#B99BCD #CDA09B #AFCD9B #9BC8CD

split-complementary

#B99BCD #C8CD9B #9BCDA0

monochromatic

#7F4F9E #9C72B9 #B99BCD #D6C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B99BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B99BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BCD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BCD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.078 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8dc',
    500: '#b99bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bcd;
$custom-light: #ceb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BCD

secondary

#E1E9DB

accent

#AC3967

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BCD

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

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