#B99BDA#B99BDA

#B99BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BDA
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 23.16, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 36.28, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0555 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.095 306)
XYZ	xyz(44.3814, 38.8192, 71.4708)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BDA #BCDA9B

analogous

#9B9CDA #B99BDA #D89BDA

triadic

#B99BDA #DAB99B #9BDAB9

tetradic

#B99BDA #DA9B9C #BCDA9B #9BDAD8

square

#B99BDA #DA9B9C #BCDA9B #9BDAD8

split-complementary

#B99BDA #DAD89B #9CDA9B

monochromatic

#7B44B7 #9A6EC9 #B99BDA #D8C8EB #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B99BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B99BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BDA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BDA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8e5',
    500: '#b99bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bda;
$custom-light: #ceb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BDA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B92C76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BDA

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

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