#B99BEE#B99BEE

#B99BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.121 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99BEE
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 27.64, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 46.72, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0606 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.121 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1582, 39.9299, 86.0951)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99BEE #D0EE9B

analogous

#9BA7EE #B99BEE #E39BEE

triadic

#B99BEE #EEB99B #9BEEB9

tetradic

#B99BEE #EE9BA7 #D0EE9B #9BEEE3

square

#B99BEE #EE9BA7 #D0EE9B #9BEEE3

split-complementary

#B99BEE #EEE39B #A7EE9B

monochromatic

#7032DC #9467E5 #B99BEE #DECFF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B99BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B99BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99BEE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99BEE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.121 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb8f4',
    500: '#b99bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99bee;
$custom-light: #cfb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.687,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74727,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99BEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3138D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99BEE

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

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