#B99BED#B99BED

#B99BED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BED
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 27.41, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 46.20, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0604 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.119 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0117, 39.8713, 85.3235)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BED #CFED9B

analogous

#9BA6ED #B99BED #E29BED

triadic

#B99BED #EDB99B #9BEDB9

tetradic

#B99BED #ED9BA6 #CFED9B #9BEDE2

square

#B99BED #ED9BA6 #CFED9B #9BEDE2

split-complementary

#B99BED #EDE29B #A6ED9B

monochromatic

#7033DA #9567E4 #B99BED #DDCFF6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B99BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B99BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BED

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BED	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8f3',
    500: '#b99bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bed;
$custom-light: #cfb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74682,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BED

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D1148C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BED

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

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