#B99BD2#B99BD2

#B99BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.084 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BD2
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 21.45, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 32.15, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0533 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.084 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3597, 38.4105, 66.0900)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BD2 #B4D29B

analogous

#9E9BD2 #B99BD2 #D29BD0

triadic

#B99BD2 #D2B99B #9BD2B9

tetradic

#B99BD2 #D29E9B #B4D29B #9BD0D2

square

#B99BD2 #D29E9B #B4D29B #9BD0D2

split-complementary

#B99BD2 #D0D29B #9BD29E

monochromatic

#7D4BA7 #9B71BF #B99BD2 #D7C5E5 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B99BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B99BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BD2

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BD2	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.084 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8e0',
    500: '#b99bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bd2;
$custom-light: #ceb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BD2

secondary

#E4EBDD

accent

#B1356D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BD2

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

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