#B99BD3#B99BD3

#B99BD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.086 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BD3
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 21.66, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 32.67, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0536 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.086 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4847, 38.4605, 66.7482)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BD3 #B5D39B

analogous

#9D9BD3 #B99BD3 #D39BD1

triadic

#B99BD3 #D3B99B #9BD3B9

tetradic

#B99BD3 #D39D9B #B5D39B #9BD1D3

square

#B99BD3 #D39D9B #B5D39B #9BD1D3

split-complementary

#B99BD3 #D1D39B #9BD39D

monochromatic

#7D4AA9 #9B71C0 #B99BD3 #D7C6E6 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B99BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B99BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BD3

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BD3	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.086 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8e0',
    500: '#b99bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bd3;
$custom-light: #ceb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BD3

secondary

#E4ECDE

accent

#B2346E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BD3

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

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