#B99BEC#B99BEC

#B99BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BEC
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 27.18, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 45.67, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0601 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.118 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8660, 39.8130, 84.5563)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BEC #CEEC9B

analogous

#9BA6EC #B99BEC #E29BEC

triadic

#B99BEC #ECB99B #9BECB9

tetradic

#B99BEC #EC9BA6 #CEEC9B #9BECE2

square

#B99BEC #EC9BA6 #CEEC9B #9BECE2

split-complementary

#B99BEC #ECE29B #A6EC9B

monochromatic

#7134D8 #9568E2 #B99BEC #DDCEF6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B99BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B99BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BEC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BEC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8f2',
    500: '#b99bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bec;
$custom-light: #cfb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74636,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0168B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BEC

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

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