#B99BDB#B99BDB

#B99BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BDB
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 23.38, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 36.79, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0558 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.096 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5126, 38.8716, 72.1621)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BDB #BDDB9B

analogous

#9B9DDB #B99BDB #D99BDB

triadic

#B99BDB #DBB99B #9BDBB9

tetradic

#B99BDB #DB9B9D #BDDB9B #9BDBD9

square

#B99BDB #DB9B9D #BDDB9B #9BDBD9

split-complementary

#B99BDB #DBD99B #9DDB9B

monochromatic

#7A43B9 #996ECB #B99BDB #D8C8EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B99BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B99BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BDB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BDB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8e6',
    500: '#b99bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bdb;
$custom-light: #ceb8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BDB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2B77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BDB

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

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