#B99BCE#B99BCE

#B99BCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.079 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BCE
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 20.61, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 30.12, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0521 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.079 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8676, 38.2136, 63.4982)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BCE #B0CE9B

analogous

#9F9BCE #B99BCE #CE9BC9

triadic

#B99BCE #CEB99B #9BCEB9

tetradic

#B99BCE #CE9F9B #B0CE9B #9BC9CE

square

#B99BCE #CE9F9B #B0CE9B #9BC9CE

split-complementary

#B99BCE #C9CE9B #9BCE9F

monochromatic

#7F4EA0 #9C72BA #B99BCE #D6C4E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B99BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B99BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BCE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BCE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.079 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8dd',
    500: '#b99bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bce;
$custom-light: #ceb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BCE

secondary

#E1E9DC

accent

#AD3868

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BCE

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

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